66 MODE OF ATTACK. 
each progressively advancing in that posture, 
when they came within a few yards, would 
make a spring, end then dart against each 
other. Two, which were kept in a stable, 
by the late Dr. Hunter, were accustomed to 
fall upon their fore-knees when any stranger 
approached, and sometimes even upon his 
own approach; but he, not discovering the 
hostility implied by such a movement, sup- 
posed it expressive of a timid and obsequious 
humility! A labourmg man, coming to the 
outside of the pales of an enclosure which, at 
the time, contained one of the finest of these 
animals that had ever been seen in England, 
but which the man did not know to be there, 
was attacked by the Nyl-Ghau with the 
swiftness of lightning. The animal darted 
against the paling with such violence that 
he shattered it to pieces, and broke off one | 
of his horns close to his head. 'The public 
generally do not like this sort of amusement, 
leaving children out of the question. The 
female of this Antelope is of a pale brown 
colour.” 
‘* T observe,” said Miss Aston, ‘* that the 
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