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At the dispersal of the Knowsley collection in 1851 a pair of adult 
Bonteboks were purchased by Mr. D. W. Mitchell, then Secretary, for the 
Zoological Society of London, whilst another pair, bred at Knowsley, were 
sold to Prince Demidoff. 
In August 1871 two females of this Antelope were brought home alive by 
the Captain of one of the Cape mail-steamers, and purchased by the 
Zoological Society for £50. So far as I know, these were the last Bonteboks 
ever brought to Europe. 
Fig. 10. 
Damaliscus pygargus. 
In the National Collection, we regret to say, the Bontebok is only 
represented by a single stuffed specimen—a male, received in 1839 from 
Dr. Smuts. There are also several skulls and horns of this Antelope, but 
none of them are of recent date. We fear it will now be a matter of some 
difficulty to obtain fresh specimens of this once so abundant Antelope. 
The coloured illustration of the Bontebok (Plate VIII.) and the woodcut 
(fig. 10) were both prepared under Sir Victor Brooke’s directions. The 
plate was lithographed by Smit from one of Mr. Wolf’s sketches. 
January, 1895. 
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