CHAPTER XXIX. 



THE LESSER ANTELOPES. 



THE OUREBI — THE KLIPPSPRINGER — THE WATER BUCK — THE BLUE-BUCK — THE MUSK ANTELOPE— 

 THE DIYKER BOK — THE RHOODE BOK — THE CHICKARA — THE HARTEBEEST — THE SASSABY — 

 THE GNU — THE CHAMOIS — THE GORAL — THE MOUNTAIN GOAT OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 



THE sub-family Cervicaprin.e contains five genera. They are 

 all confined to the Southern and Tropical regions of the 

 African continent. 



GENUS CERVICAPRA. 



The OUREBI, Ccrvicapra itrcbi, the first of the four genera, is thus 

 described by Captain Drayson : 



" While many animals of the Antelope kind fly from the presence of 

 man, and do not approach within a distance of many hundred miles of 

 his residence, there are some few which do not appear to have this great 

 dread of him, but which adhere to particular localities as long as their 

 position is tenable, or until they fall victims to their temerity. It also 

 appears as if some spots were so inviting, that as soon as they become 

 vacant by the death of one occupant, another individual of the same 

 species will come from some unknown locality, and reoccupy the 

 ground. Thus it is with the Ourebi, which will stop in the immediate 

 vicinity of villages, and on hills and in valleys, where it is daily making 

 hair-breadth escapes from its persevering enemy — man. 



" When, day after day, a sportsman has scoured the country, and 

 apparently slain every Ourebi within a radius of ten miles, he has but 

 to wait for a few days, and upon again taking the field he will find fresh 

 specimens of this graceful little antelope bounding over the hills around 

 him. It is generally found in pairs, inhabiting the plains, and when pur- 



