THE GEMSBUCK 



sought after • for making whip-lashes, raw-hide 

 thongs and harness. 



Although fleet, the Gemsbuck can usually be 

 run down by a well-mounted man ; but when not 

 burdened with fat they frequently succeed in 

 exhausting even the best of horses. 



I have succeeded in rearing Gemsbuck calves, a 

 domestic cow acting as foster-mother. 



The Gemsbuck is fawny-grey on the back and 

 sides ; the white of the under parts is separated by 

 a broad, dark stripe extending from the flanks along 

 the side to the fore-legs ; the backs of the fore- and 

 hind-limbs are white, and the face parti-coloured. 



The height at the shoulder is about 45 inches. 



The female is horned, and the horns, although 

 thinner than those of the male, usually attain a 

 greater length. 



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