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of attack is similar to that of the gnu, namely, dropping upon its 

 knees and then springing violently forward. The tiger is its great 

 enemy, and often destroys- it in spite of its courage. During the 

 day the Nylghau conceals itself in the forests, and at night leavee 

 its coverts to feed, often doing no inconsiderable harm to adjacent 

 cultivated lands. 



The color of this creature is a slaty blue j it has, however, 

 several white spots, and from its throat and shoulders hangs a 

 dense bunch of hair. It is about the same size as the gnu, stand- 

 ing about four feet high at the shoulder. 



The Harnessed Antelope is common in Senegal. It 

 resembles the gazelles, especially the nanguer, by the size and 

 shape of its body, by the fineness of its legs, by the shape of its 

 head and muzzle, by the eyes, by the 

 ears, and length of its tail, and by the 

 defect of a beard j but every gazelle, 

 especially the nanguer, has the belly 

 white, while the breast and belly of 

 the Guib is of a deep brown. It also 

 differs from the gazelles by the horns, 

 which are smooth, and not marked 

 „ . , ^, with annular prominences. They are 



HarDeSBed Antelope. '^ ■' 



also a little compressed ; and the Guib, 

 in these particulars, is more like the goat than the gazelle ; never- 

 theless, it is neither the one nor the other, but of a particular kind, 

 which seems to be intermediate between the gazelle and the goat. 

 It is also remarkable for white lists on a brown ground, which are 

 disposed along the animal's body, as if it were covered with a 

 harness. It feeds in company ; and they are found in numerous 

 herds in the plains of Fodor. 



The Eland is a large, heavy animal, which, when full 

 grown, weighs from seven to nine hundred weight, and, contrary 

 to the usual rule observed among antelopes, is commonly extremely 

 fat. Its flesh is consequently more praised than that of any other 

 wild animal of South Africa, and the large muscles of the thighs, 

 in particular, are held in the highest estimation, when dried and 



