202 On the Mammalia of the 



capture for this object is effected by the various means above 

 detailed. 



The (7r/t'sfo*cfcorGriessteenbuck (Tragulus), rather smaller 

 than the dui-ru, takes its colonial name from the reddish- 

 gray coloured skin. Its horns are short, straight, and smooth, 

 and it possesses no tail. Inguinal sac in the male, four teats 

 in the female, and a lachrymal sinus, are further characteristics 

 of its antelope species. It inhabits a part of the bush-belt 

 where the ground is sandstone and clayey, and of a colour 

 apparently assimilated to that of the fur. It is far inferior to 

 the dui-ru in speed, being apparently only gifted with running. 

 Its skin is scarcely so valuable as that of the dui-ru. 



The Steenbuck or Bleekbuck (Tragulus) is about the size 

 of the dui-ru, and frequents bush growing chiefly on sandy 

 clay ground. Its fur is of a shining reddish-yellow colour, 

 the belly white, and the mammary region bounded by a black 

 border on each side. It has two black stripes on the forehead 

 and one on the nose. The horns are erect, short and smooth, 

 and there is no tail. It partakes in a great measure of pe- 

 culiarities proper to the dui-ru and griesbuck. Lachrymal 

 sinus also is present. Its fur is less valuable than either of 

 the other two, from the coarse nature of the hair, and in con- 

 sequence little employed for carosses, but the skin makes as 

 good leather as the others. Its speed is intermediate be- 

 tween the two former, but its appearance in a natural state 

 is prettier than either. Pairs are generally found together, 

 or may be started by the clogs from bushes not far separate ; 

 in the totality they are not so numerous as the other two. 



The excretory orifice of the lachrymal sinus is single in 

 the griesbuck, and opens in a black spot beneath the eye on 

 the check. The buccal aspect of the lachrymal bones in this 

 and the dui-ru and bleekbuck is hollowed for the reception of 

 the black-coloured lacrymal sinus, which appears to abound in 

 dark pigmentary matter like sepia, but the excreted fluid when 

 seen is colourless. This gland has no connection with the 

 orbit or eye, and its excretory ducts are single in the gries- 

 buck and bleekbuck, but open by many pores in the S-shaped 

 black stripe on the cheek of the dui-ru. If any use is to be 

 assigned to it as possessed by these three specie* of ante- 



