232 THE LIVING 
ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 
The goral is a Himalayan antelope, with somewhat the habits of a chamois 
it from — sinking, 
When forced out into 
dry ground by heavy. 
floods, the formation 
of its feet so hinders 
it in running that it 
can be overtaken and 
speared by a native 
on foot. I was 
informed by the 
natives on the Chobi 
River that, when the 
floods enabled them 
to paddle their canoes 
throughthereed-beds, 
they often killed con- 
siderable numbers of 
the sitatungas. These 
animals, they said, 
when theysaw a canoe 
approaching, would 
often not attempt to 
FEMALE GORAL 
seek safety by flight, but would sink down in the water, submerging their whole bodies, and 
leaving only their nostrils above the surface, and in this position were easily speared. 
The sitatunga is not gregarious, but is met with singly or in pairs. 
The hair is long, 
but soft and silky; and the skins are much sought after by the natives for blankets. 
In addition to the bushbucks and sitatungas, two more very notable spiral-horned African 
antelopes remain to be mentioned — namely, the GREATER KubDuv and the LESSER KUDU. 
The GREATER KUDU is one of the most magnificent-looking of the whole family of antelopes, 
and is an animal of 
large size, an adult 
male standing 4 feet 
Qinches and upwards 
at the withers. The 
general colour of this 
speciesislight brown 
to dark grey, the old 
males looking much 
darker than females 
or younger animals, 
because the scanti- 
ness of their coats 
showsthe dark colour 
of the skin beneath. 
On each side of the 
body and_hind- 
quarters there are 
several white stripes, 
which varyin number 
from four to eight or 
nine. As in all this 
group of antelopes, 
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Photo by WV. P. Dando} LRegent*s Park 
HARNESSED ANTELOPE 
A very beautiful species, in which the ground-colour of the coat is a rich chestnut, while the spots and stripe 
are pure white 
