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beard, like that of the gnoo, covered the throat from the chin 
to the breast. The nose and mouth were hke those of an ox, 
but more broad and flat. The general hue of the body was 
that of an ash-coloured grey. It liatl neither the speed, the 
activity, nor the spirit of the gnoo. Of this extraordinary 
animal Mr. Daniell made an accurate drawing. Several 
beautiful gnoos of the cf)nmion kind were shot by the party in 
the course of their excursions ; and the above-mentioned 
gentleman made an observation in more than one instance, 
that when this animal was wounded, and Avhile holding its 
pursuers at bay, it generally snorted from its nostrils a con- 
siderable quantity of small white maggots, of the size and 
appearance of such as are sometimes found in hazel nuts. 
The same shooting party had also killed a curious cream- 
coloured quacha, the whole body of Avhich was completely 
covered with dark brown stripes. At first this individual was 
considered only as an accidental variety of the common 
quacha ; but several of the same kind being afterwards ob- 
tained, and in one day a stallion and a mare both fully 
striped, there remained little doubt of their being individuals 
of a new and distinct species. Under this idea they endea- 
voured to take one alive, for the purpose of bringing it up to 
the Cape, but were not fortunate enough to slucceed. The 
boors on the skirts of the colony sometimes take the common 
quacha in the same manner as the Spaniards of Buonas Ay res 
catch the wild horses, by galloping after them and throwing 
Qver their heads a ream or thong of leather, with a running 
»0ose at the end. 
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