228 THE LIVING ANIMALS 
OF THE WORLD 
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WHITE ORYX 
Found in Northern Africa from Dongola to Senegal 
a length of about 28 inches in 
a straight line, and about 36 
inches following the spiral. In 
the female they are thinner and 
less spirally curved. The addax 
is confined to the desert regions 
of Northern Africa from Dongola 
to Senegal, and the broad, rounded 
hoofs, so unlike those of any 
other antelope, would seem tu 
show that it inhabits countries 
where the soil is deep, soft 
sand. 
Very little is known of the 
life history or habits of this 
antelope. It is said to associate 
in pairs or small herds, and to 
be entirely independent of water, 
though it travels great distances 
over the desert in the track of. 
thunder-storms for the sake of 
the young herbage which grows 
so quickly wherever rain falls in 
those thirsty regions. It is killed in considerable numbers by the Arabs for the sake of 
its flesh and hide, and is either stalked or hunted on horseback, with the help of greyhounds, 
by Europeans. 
The last of the sub-families into which modern 
naturalists have divided the antelopes of the 
world comprises some of the handsomest species 
of the whole group, and includes the largest of 
all antelopes, the Eland, as well as such small 
and beautifully marked creatures as the Harnessed 
Bushbucks. 
With one exception—the Nilgai—all the 
members of this sub-family are denizens of the 
great African Continent. 
The NILGAI, or BLUE BULL, is an inhabitant 
of India, and is found throughout the greater 
portion of the peninsula, from the base of the 
Himalaya to the south of Mysore. It is an animal 
of large size, standing about 4 feet 6 inches at the 
shoulder. In general colour the male is of a dark 
iron-grey, the female tawny fawn. White spots 
on the cheeks and just above the hoofs on the fore 
and hind feet are the outward signs of its affinity 
to the African harnessed antelopes. The male 
alone carries horns, which are nearly straight and 
very small for the size of the animal, rarely exceed- 
ing 9 inches in length. 
Passing now to the Harnessed Antelopes of 
Africa, our attention is first claimed by the BUSH- 
BUCKS. Excluding the Inyala and the Broad- 
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BEISA ORYX 
The beisa is found in North-east Africa ; by some it is believed 
to ave suggested the original idea of the unicorn 
