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The Leche. Kobus Leche. 
Pale brown ; orbit and beneath whitish ; front of the legs dark brown ; withers with a small, circular 
whorl of hair. 
Kobus LecU, Gray, P. Z. S. 1850, t. . 
Inhabits S. Africa, Called Leche. 
A fine specimen of this species, shot on the bank of the river Zoaga, lat. 21°, has been presented to the 
British Museum by Captain Frank Vardon, of the Madras Army. It is nearly as large, and has as large 
horns, as the Water Buck {K. EUipsiprymnus), but is paler and brighter coloured, and has no indication of 
any white mark on the ramp. It is allied to the Kob in appearance. 
Lord Derby has communicated the following notes and observations on the Leucoryw and Addaw : — 
" In the year 1837, having been informed by Mr. Garnett of Welbeck Street, that a female Antelope (Leu- 
coryw) was alive in the possession of a lady at Edmonton of the name of Musket, I drove down thither and 
was shown the animal, which, as I understood, had been brought to England about two years previously by 
the lady's son, but that having lately become rather troublesome, Mrs. M. would very willingly dispose of 
it ; and I in consequence became the purchaser at, if I remember aright, the sum of £60. I then made all 
the inquiries I could in hopes of meeting with a male, though ineffectually. This was a female Addaw. Sub- 
sequently I received a letter from Mr. G. M. Skinner, with whom I had not then the pleasure of being 
acquainted' in which he informed me that his brother, who had just returned from the Continent, had met 
with a person of the name of Reboulet on board the steamer, who had with him a few Giraffes and Ante- 
lopes for sale, and that Mr. Skinner, by his brother's intervention, had secured from M. Reboulet for me 
the refusal of these animals, having heard of the inquiries I had been making. I had in the interim seen 
a statement of such things in the public papers, and sent off immediately my head keeper (Mr. Thompson) 
to London, to inquire after them ; who, on arriving there, found that they were still at Southampton, and 
sought them there ; but as M. Reboulet had proceeded to London, could find no one to negotiate with on 
the subject, but ascertained that the three Antelopes, which alone I desired, consisted of a male Leucoryw 
and a pair of Ant. Addaw. J. T. subsequently followed M. Reboulet to town, and with the assistance of 
Mr. Skinner succeeded at last in making an agreement with the Frenchman for the Antelopes, without the 
Giraffes, which he was very anxious to dispose of altogether, and all that remained was the payment of the 
price and delivery of the animals, which were still at Southampton. M. Reboulet kept postponing this last 
act, under the plea of going down with Thompson to Southampton to give them over to him himself; but, 
as from subsequent events it would appear, rather to afford him time to complete a bargain he appears to 
have been engaged in with some dealers to dispose of all the animals together in one lot ; in which he at 
last succeeded, and sold the whole to Mr. Cross, though he knew that Thompson had the money agreed 
upon (£100) ready to pay to him on the delivery of the Antelopes, or authority to receive them from those 
who had them in charge at Southampton. The animals were at last brought to London, and given up to 
Mr. Cross, though claimed on their arrival at the station for me by Thompson ; but I did not choose to 
enter into litigation on the matter, preferring rather to submit to the imposition which M. Reboulet had 
practised on me. 
" The Antelopes therefore remained with Mr. Cross till he retired from the Surrey Zoological Gar- 
dens, when they were transferred by him to his brother-in-law, Mr. Herring, of the New Road, from 
whom I finally purchased them for £110, and they have continued here ever since, and in 1844 each pair 
copulated. Early in the year 1845 the female Addaw calved a young male, perfectly well and healthy, but 
to appearance very clumsily formed, especially about the head and neck, and of a light fawn or dun colour 
all over ; the horns very small, sharp at the end and straight, but evidently strong, about half an inch in 
length, without the slightest curvature. It was very active, and has gone on ever since without the least 
drawback, and generally in the open air. Now (in Nov. 1845) it has become almost the size of its mother 
in bulk, though not in height ; and the horns, as yet, show no signs of curvature. The mother took the 
male again in May (22nd), and we have every reason to believe that she is again pregnant. 
" The female Leucoryw went on regularly, with every appearance of doing well, till after the Addaw had 
