896 MR, O. THOMAS OX XS ANTELOPE [XoV. 30, 



and I the right side of the stony ridge. Almost immediately upon 

 reaching the level ground over the ridge, I saw a little troop of seven 

 or eight Antelopes run out from a slight hollow on my right front 

 and stand among the stones about 200 yards distant. I had no 

 difficulty in making them out. even at that distance, the snow-white 

 tails and legs being so very conspicuous, and I knew at once that 

 they were some oE the ' White Eooi Rhebuck' of which I had heard. 

 I lost no time in putting a shot in, but missed, striking short ; as 

 I reloaded, another lot of eight ran out below me, also to the right, 

 stood for a moment, then came cantering up the slope, in a direc- 

 tion that would take them past me at a little over 120 yards. They 

 did not make me out at all, but came leisurely on, a fine ram 

 running third in the troop. 1 waited till they were almost 

 abreast of me, then fired, hitting the ram bard : he ' pecked ' 

 forward, recovered himself, ran 50 yards, and fell dead. The rest 

 van on over the stony ridge, and I fired at a ewe as she was 

 disappearing ; the bullet clopped loudly, and she ran just out of 

 sight and stood. 1 at once heard my companion's rifle, three shots 

 being fired, and ascertained that he had killed my wounded ewe, 

 and shot another ram which I must have overlooked in the troop. 

 Some time later I heard two more shots, and saw a good ram 

 coming over the ridge towards my side ; I ran hard to get within 

 range, but he disappeared behind some rising ground. To my sur- 

 prise, however, as 1 ran round the knoll, I saw him standing, looking 

 at me, within fifteen yards ; he sprang off at a gallop, and I missed 

 an easy shot. Mr. Schoeman had also missed the same ram and 

 killed a half-grown ewe. During these three-quarters of an hour, 

 however, I saw ov^er thirty of these Antelopes, but they were all out 

 of range ; in no case did they attempt to run over towards the ' hang' 

 of the mountain, they eitJaer made over towards my companion, 

 ran along the ridge in front of me, or more often broke back, 

 galloping along the broken ground at the edge of the plateau. All 

 were out of range, and I had no wish to fire recklessly at them, as 

 we already bad more than we could carry down. 



" I am certain that amongst these there was not a single normal 

 coloured individual, for even at a distance the white legs, belly, and 

 tails were most conspicuous. I afterwards saw four, lying down in 

 fairly open ground — first three ewes, then a single ram, — but all 

 jumped up immediately they sighted me. Near the end of the 

 range, which falls somewhat abruptly, we again saw a number of 

 these singular Antelopes running backwards and forwards, so that 

 it would be difficult to state even approximately how many separate 

 individuals we saw altogether between us, but I think I am within 

 the mark in putting the number at between 35 and 40. 



" I shot one more, a ram, after a hard run, at just over 200 yards, 

 the bullet breaking his neck. 



" I carefully removed the skins of the two largest rams, of the 

 full-grown ewe, and of the young ewe, all of which I saved ; 

 and towards evening we made our way down again, each carrying 

 a buck on our shoulders, after placing the other three at a spot 



