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isa dull dun-brown, something that of most Sambar. The hair is 
long (for a Peninwlar Antelope), harsh and rather scanty. The under- 
parts have « symewhat softer and shorter hair; pale-brown or 
whitish, almcst white in some specimens. The dun and white colours 
are curiously anl irregularly mixed upon the legs; and in perfect 
specimens there are two white spots above the fetlock joints, forming 
an almost conplite ring. The fetlock below these is black, as are 
the coronet ind back of the pasterns, But these carry on each toe so 
large a whit spot that a casual observer may easily suppose the whole 
pastern whe. It is only in good specimens that these markings can 
be fully decried or described. The colours, like the horns, seem to 
be very vaiable, and not dependent on age nor on locality. 
Many oyou may have noticed similar foot-markings on the Blue 
Bull, andl shall have more to say about them later on. 
The for-horned Antelope is not very polygamous nor gregarious. 
Five or < is an unusually large herd. Four is a common number, 
as the feale of a virtuous couple usually bears twins of the same sex 
in the cd or early hot weather, and at six months’ notice. <A female 
nursing Vins readily adopted an orphan fawn. 
ThesAntelopes are tameable little beasts, and often petted by 
natives But the bucks are sometimes dangerous. One at Tanna 
wound«a woman severely, and a female nursing attacked a man 
four o1ive times her weight. 
Thedrop their “‘ fewmets” in a common place, like many other 
forest uminants. Probably this habit is of much use to animals 50 
little xregarious when the time comes for pairing. It lets each 
knowaat there are others about ; and, amongst animals so keen of 
scent;he tuck may well find, at such places, the means of following 
up a litaty doe in season. There is no accident in nature. 
Tt four-horned Antelope occurs in all our true Bombay forests, 
exce thé densest highland thickets of the hills, where it is replaced 
by 1e 
whe coyered with “ babul kurans” (that is, Acacia plantations), as 
far; L4m aware. But I have not been in those countries for some 
yes. t is good meat, but dry ; wants to be well larded with mutton 
fator pacon. It makes excellent “‘ hare soup,” as my cook says, 
deribing the haunch further as bakri-ka “ leg-mutton.” 
ext species. It is not known on any of our plains, even 
