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first halted. As the Wild Dog was just going up the third time 

 it got our wind, and instead of again inflicting a bite, stopped dead 

 and looked towards us, whilst about 100 yards from it the Sable 

 Antelope also came to a stand. The baffled hound then turned 

 round, and, pursued by Clarkson, made off one way, whilst the 

 Sable Antelope, delivered from its tormentor, cantered off in 

 another." 



DUIKERS, There are many species of these small Antelopes, and 

 they all belong to the bush and forest districts of Africa. Fig. 87 

 represents the Abyssinian Duiker, which is an allied species from 

 East Africa, and which may be identified from the Common Duiker 

 by its grizzled greyish-brown colour. 



The Duikers form the genus Cephalophus and are distinguished 

 by the short, conical horns, rounded backs, pointed heads and short 

 legs. Although the Yellow-Backed Duiker and two or three other 

 kinds stand nearly thirty-six inches high at the shoulder, the remain- 

 ing ones do not attain a greater height than about twenty-four 

 inches. A feature of interest respecting these animals is the tuft 

 of hair which grows on the head between the horns. When these 

 horns are very insignificant the hair-tuft entirely covers them. In 

 some species both sexes possess horns, in others the males only. 



Duikers generally are grey or brown in colour, having a sober 

 and unobtrusive dress, but exception must be made in the case of 

 Jentink's Duiker, in which the head and neck are black and the 

 body light-grey, and the Banded Duiker, in which, as the name 

 implies, there are prominent black stripes on the back. 



These little African Antelopes inhabit the bush; they are active 

 beasts, and have derived their name from their habit of diving 

 into cover. 



MARSH BUCKS. The Sitatungors, or Marsh Bucks, are closely 

 related to the Harnessed Antelopes, or Bush Bucks. They are 

 African beasts and there are three species. The Congo Marsh Buck 

 (Fig. 88) is a large animal, and a doe and young are shown in 

 Fig. 89. This animal breeds freely at the London Zoological 

 Gardens. In view of the nature of its wild environment the yards 

 are floored with peat, and the visitor would do well to notice the 

 long, pointed toes which, when placed on the ground, are spread 

 out, as may be observed in the case of the specimen illustrated in 

 Fig. 88. 



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