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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Head ofVaal Rhebok. 



GRAY or VAAL RHEBOK (Pelea capreolus). 



lliza of the Swazis. Pshiatla of the Basutos. 



Pedi of the Bechuanas. 



The short, upright, straight, and slender horns, together with the 

 somewhat wooHy nature of the hair, serve to differentiate the vaal 

 rhebok from the antelopes of the kindred genera. The tail, like that 

 of the reedbucks, is short and bushy ; the ears are tall and narrow ; 

 the build is slight and graceful ; and the general colour is uniformly 

 pale gray, tending somewhat to fawn on the head and limbs. Height 

 at shoulder about 29 or 30 inches. The chief essential distinctions 

 between this antelope and the reedbucks are the form of the horns and 

 the absence of the bare patches below the eyes. 



Distribution. — The open hill}' districts of Africa south of the Zambesi. 

 In the mountain ranges of the eastern and northern districts of 

 Cape Colony, and thence onwards to the Zambesi, the vaal rhebok 

 affords good and exciting sport. And although its somewhat stiff 



