HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 87 



forehead is flat, and broad at the top ; and has a forelock, 

 {landing erecl:, the whole length of it : Its nofe is fharp ; 

 and its bread is covered with a loofe lkin. 



This animal is of an am colour, inclining a little to- 

 wards blue ; has a thin upright mane, quite black, which 

 extends from the nape of its neck along the top of the 

 back ; and has likewife a tuft of black hair at the end of 

 the tail. 



The Elk- Antelopes live chiefly in plains and vallies; 

 and, when hunted, always run, if poflible, againft the 

 wind: They are not very fwift; and being in general 

 fat, efpecially the males, which are always the largeft 

 and fatteft in the herd, are foon tired. The hunter ge- 

 nerally endeavours to get to the windward of the animal, 

 which when he has accomplimed, he takes an opportu- 

 nity of throwing himfelf from his horfe, and inftantly 

 {hoots the flying game: At this practice, the Dutch colo» 

 nifts at the Cape are fo expert, as feldom to fail. Sparr- 

 man fays, there have been many inftances where keen 

 fportfmen, as well for their own pleafure as convenience, 

 have hunted Elk-Antelopes and other Gazelles, for many 

 miles together, from the open plains, and driven them 

 to their own doors, before they thought it worth while 

 to {hoot them. 



The female has horns like the male, but fmaller.— « 

 They are ufed by the Hottentots for tobacco-pipes. 



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