THE ANTELOPES. 



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to its comrades by means of a kind of 

 sneezing, as many antelopes do; and it is 



detested by the Kaffirs and Namaquas on 

 account of the devastation which it works 



Fig. 171.— The Harnessed Antelope or Guib (Tragelaphus scriptus). 



in their fields. It is very tenacious of life. 

 Its flesh is highly esteemed. 



The Harnessed Antelope, the Guib 

 gelaphus scriptus), fig. 171, an animal 



(Tra- 

 of the 



Fig. 172.— The Saiga Antelope (Colus tartarictis). page 96. 



size of a fallow-deer, a native of Abyssinia 

 and the whole of West Africa, is remarkable 



for the bright colours of its coat. The head, 

 the neck, the breast, and the back are of a 



