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on a ridge, 500 or 600 yards away, stamping their feet, and uttering again 

 their mocking " Tshu ! " The best sport can be obtained if there are two 

 guns, then, whether on foot or in the saddle, they can separate, and keep 

 the rhebuck moving about from one to the other ; but be it remembered 

 that when stretching themselves out to reach a point from which they fear 

 being cut off, they take some straight shooting ; and a rhebuck streaking 

 down a rocky hill-side will be missed ninety-nine times out of a hundred. 

 It is most unsportsmanlike to blaze away at running rhebuck at 400 and 

 500 yards, on the chance that one bullet out of a dozen fired may find its 

 mark. A long-range (400 yards) rifle of .400 or .450 bore is a suitable 

 weapon to use, but a Lee-Metford should be perfect for this kind of work. 

 Rhebuck are tough animals, and, even if badly hit, will give a lot of trouble 

 before they are secured. F . Vaughan Kirbv. 



THE IMPALA OR PALLAS 



Genus iEpvcERos 



This genus is the first representative of the typical sub-family of the 

 antelopes — the Antilopina ; a group differing from most of those already 

 considered in its much wider geographical distribution. Several of the 

 genera, for instance, like the typical Antilope, are exclusively Asiatic, while 

 others, like Gazelta, are common to Asia and Africa, and others, again, 

 such as the present, are restricted to Africa south of the Sahara. As 

 distinctive characteristics of the sub-family, may be mentioned the medium 

 or small size of the species, the hairy muzzle, and the generally short tail. 

 Face-glands may be present or absent ; the upper cheek-teeth are tall and 

 narrow, like those of the sheep ; another sheep-like character being the 

 presence of only two teats in the females of all the species save the Asiatic 

 saiga. As a general rule, the skull has gland-pits below the eyes, unossified 



