6l6 UNGULATA. 



In the native dialect, the Sable Antelope is known under the name of 

 Potaquaine. It is very tenacious of life, and will often make good its 

 escape even though pierced entirely through the body with several bul- 

 lets. It therefore fully tests all the powers of the hunter. 



The Blau-BOK, Hippotragus lencophoeus, is as large as its sable con- 

 gener. It was formerly quite common at the Cape of Good Hope, but 

 has within the last sixty years been exterminated in the colony. 



It is a gregarious animal, living in little herds not exceeding ten or 

 twelve in number, and preferring hills and slopes to level ground. Like 

 the preceding animal, it exhales a powerful odor, which penetrates 

 throughout its entire body, and which renders its flesh so unpalatable 

 that it is never eaten as long as other food can be obtained. It is a swift 

 and active creature, being remarkable for its speed even among the 

 swift-footed antelopes. There is a variety of this animal, called the 

 Docoi, which is found by the Gambia, and which is not quite of the 

 same color. The natives assert that the female never produces more 

 than a single young one during her lifetime, for the mother's horns grow 

 so rapidly after the birth of the offspring, that they penetrate into her 

 back and kill her. The Blau-bok is about four feet in height, and the 

 horns are nearly thirty inches in length. 



