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beholding a sight so thrilling to the sportsman's eye ; he stood with a small troop 

 of palas right in our path, and had, unfortunately, detected us before we saw him. 

 Shouting to my pack, I galloped after him ; but the day was close and warm, and 

 the dogs had lost their spirit. My horse being an indifferent one soon lost ground, 

 and the beautiful creature, gaining a rocky ridge, was quickly beyond my reach, 

 and vanished for ever from my view. I sought in vain to close my eyelids that 

 night, for the image of the sable antelope was still before me." 



In the Sudan the genus is represented by Baker's antelope 

 5 ° Ve \H. bakeri), standing upwards of 4 feet 8 inches at the withers, and 

 distinguished by its pale liver-colour, pencilled ears, and some black stripes across 

 the shoulders. Its horns are of a massive type. 



Fossil antelopes from the Pliocene deposits at the foot of the 

 *' Himalaya indicate the existence of the genus Hippotragus at a former 

 period of the earth's history in India, and it is not improbable that it was also 

 represented in Europe during the same epoch. 



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head of sable antelope. —After Nicolls and Eglington. 



