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Horns shaped somewhat like an inverted bracket, a comparison that is, 
however, better borne out by the two following species, as in the Tora the 
diverging parts of the two horns start up at a slight angle with each other, 
instead of being in the same straight line. ‘The horns themselves are 
unusually slender, and attain a length of about 19 inches. 
Hab. Upper Nubia, Northern Abyssinia, and Kordofan. 
The Tora or Tétel was confounded by von Heuglin and Sir Samuel Baker, 
its first discoverers, with the Bubal. But these two Antelopes, though alike 
of uniform colour, are easily distinguishable on comparison by the larger size 
and higher gait of the ‘Tora and by the different shape of its horns. The 
Tora would also seem to inhabit more wooded and broken country than the 
open deserts that are the home of the allied species. 
Heuglin tells us that this Antelope is found in families and herds in the 
valleys at the foot of Mount Takah, in the district of the Beni-Ammer Arabs, 
in Upper Barca, on the Anseba and Atbara and their confluents, and in the 
lower districts of Northern Abyssinia. He found it likewise plentiful on the 
sources of the Dender and Rahad, and in Galabat. It inhabits the sheltered 
country where there is high grass and underwood, is not particularly timid, 
and sometimes even stupidly bold, resorting regularly in the morning and 
evening to the usual pastures and drinking-places. 
In his volume on ‘The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia’ Sir Samuel Baker 
frequently mentions the ‘“ Tétel,” as he calls this Antelope. 
In August 1861, being on the banks of the Atbara, he writes :— 
““'The country being now bright green, the Antelopes are distinctly visible 
on the opposite side. Three Tétel graze regularly together in the same place 
daily. This Antelope is a variety of the Hartebeest of South Africa; it is of 
a reddish-chestnut colour, and is of about the size of an Alderney cow.” 
A month later Sir Samuel tells us :— 
‘When about halfway to the river, as we were passing through grass about 
4 feet high, three Tétel bounded from a ravine, and passing directly before 
us, gave me a splendid shot at about sixty yards. The Ceylon No. 10 struck 
the foremost through the shoulder, and it fell dead after running a few yards. 
This was also my first Tétel; it was in splendid condition, the red coat was 
like satin, and the animal would weigh about five hundred pounds live 
weight.” 
