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salt-pans, and is unknown in all the country between the Chobe and Mababe 
rivers, as it is also in the Matabele and Mashuna countries. It is very 
fleet and enduring, and only second in these particulars to the Tsessebe.” 
Our figure of this species was lithographed on the stone by Mr. J. Smit 
from a sketch made by Joseph Wolf, but we have been unable to ascertain 
from what exact specimen the sketch was taken. 
There is a stuffed example of the Cape Hartebeest in the British Museum, 
obtained by the late Sir Andrew Smith during his journey to the Cape, 
probably the individual from which his figure in the ‘ Illustrations’ was taken. 
There are also other specimens in the same collection, including the head of 
the curious hybrid between this species and the Sassaby (Damaliscus lunatus) 
described by Mr. Selous in 1893. 
The Cape Hartebeest, though occasionally seen in zoological gardens, has 
never been a common animal in captivity. The Zoological Society of London 
received a single example in 185], and a fine male in 1861, presented by 
Sir George Grey, then Governor of the Cape Colony. In 1869 a pair were 
obtained by purchase. 
In May 1890 the Society acquired a good pair of Hartebeests imported 
from the Transvaal by the well-known dealer, Mr. C. Reiche, of Alfeld, in 
Hanover. These are still living in the Regent’s Park Gardens. 
May, 1894. 
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