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runs very swiftly and has good bottom ; but in this respect different 

 individuals differ considerably, as is the case witli all animals ; and I 

 have run down without much difficulty individual Sable Antelopes, 

 and Roan Antelopes, and one Gemsbuck, whilst others have gone clean 

 away from me. The Sable Antelope is often very savage when 

 wounded, and, hke the Roan Antelope and Gemsbuck, will commit 

 terrible havoc amongst a pack of dogs ; indeed I have known one to 

 kill three with three consecutive sweeps of its long scimitar-shaped 

 horns. 



8. Gazella euchore. 



{Springbok of the Dutch ; Springbuch of the English ; Tnsaypee 

 of the Bechuamas ; Eet-saypee of the Makalakas.) 



The Springbok is still found in the north-western portions of the 

 Cape Colony, and throughout the Free State, Transvaal, and 

 Griqualand West, where it has not yet been exterminated. Along 

 the borders of the Kalahari desert it is common in many parts ; and 

 on the saltpans between the Botletlie river and the waggon-road 

 leading from Bamangwato to the Zambesi it is also plentiful. In 

 common with the Gemsbuck and Hartebeest, however, its northern 

 range is bounded by the thick forests which run east and west south 

 of the Mababe river. I believe that to the west of Lake Ngami it 

 has a more extensive range northwards. 



9. ^PYCEROS MELAMPUS. 



(Roode-boJc (pronounced Roybok) of the Dutch ; Roybuck of 

 the English ; Paid of the Bechuanas ; Impdld of the Amandebele ; 

 Ee-pdld of the Makalakas ; Inzero of the Masubias ; Umpdrd of the 

 Makubas ; Lubondwee of the Batongas ; Kug-ar (with a click on the 

 first syllable) of the Masaras.) 



This Antelope I first met with on the Marico and Notuani rivers, 

 two tributaries of the Limpopo ; and from there northwards it is to 

 be found along the banks of every river and stream wherever I have 

 been, except in those places where the natives have exterminated or 

 driven them away. They are nowhere more plentiful than along the 

 Chobe, and may often be seen in herds of from twenty to a hundred 

 together. There are very few males in comparison with the number 

 of females, though I have sometimes seen a herd composed entirely 

 of rams, ten or fifteen in number. They like thick cover along the 

 river's bank, and are seldom seen at a distance of more than a mile 

 from water, of the proximity of which there is no more certain 

 sign than the presence of Impala Antelopes. In the rainy season 

 they will often wander from pool to pool until they get to a consider- 

 able distance from their usual resort along a river, and thus are often 

 found at some of the larger and more permanent vleys, such as 

 SeUnya and Boatlanarma, on the road between Secheles and 

 Bamangwato. The Impalas found on the banks of the Limpopo are, 

 I think, larger than those found on the Cbobe, and their horns usually 

 wider set. The largest horns I have ever seen were from the 

 Limpopo, and measured 1 ft. 9 in. in a straight line from point to 



