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are found in botL. sexes, and are flat at tbeir base, descending 

 obliquely forwards, and suddenly turning upwards. 



The Grnu Antelope (C. gnu) (Fig. 86), which inhabits Southern 

 Africa, is about the size of an Ass. Added to a muscular and 

 thick-set body, it has the muzzle of an Ox, the legs of a Stag, 

 and the neck, shoulders, and rump of a small Horse. Its head is 

 flattened, and its hair is short, and of a rushy-brown colour. It 

 has on its neck a mane of white, grey, and black hair, and under 



Fig. 86. — The Gnu (Antelope gnu, Gmelin). 



its chin hangs a thick brown beard. This remarkable animal 

 lives, in numerous herds, in the mountains to the north of the 

 Cape of G-ood Hope ; it was at one time numerous. They run in 

 single flle, following one of their number as a guide. 



Akephalm. — We shall only mention under this genus the 

 Bekker-el-Wash (Alcephalus bubalis), or Bubale of Northern 

 Africa (Fig. 87), which has an elongated head, and horns some- 

 what resembling the two prongs of a pitchfork. It lives in 

 numerous herds, and evinces an evident liking for the society 



