NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 
found, going at their long unswerving gallop so 
close together that a sheet might cover them, 
while those which had been stationed or had sta- 
tioned themselves, it is hard to say which, drop in 
one by one as the others find themselves unable to 
make the running any longer; and the chase, 
generally a Gnu or Waterbuck, pressed first by one 
and then another, though it may distance the pack 
for awhile, soon comes back to it, and in the end 
is almost invariably run into.” 
Mr. F. C. Selous describes a most unusual inci- 
dent, viz., a single hound chasing an antelope. 
He and his friends once in Bechuanaland were 
watching a Sable Antelope, and on observing it 
suddenly throw up its head and start off at a gallop, 
says: ‘“‘ We saw that an animal was running on its 
track, and although still distant was overhauling 
it fast, for the Sable Antelope, not being pressed, 
was not yet doing its best, so that when it was 
about two hundred yards from its pursuer, which 
we now saw was a wild dog, was not more than 
fifty yards behind us. ‘The noble-looking ante- 
lope must just then have seen us, for it halted, 
looked towards us, and then, turning its head, glanced 
at its insignificant pursuer. ‘That glance, however. 
at the open-mouthed dog thirsting for its life-blood 
must have called up unpleasant reminiscences, for, 
instead of showing fight as I should have expected, 
it threw out its limbs convulsively and came dashing 
past us at its utmost speed. It was, however, to 
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