BOSELAPIIUS OREAS. 
When put to flight they invariably, if they can exercise a choice, run against the wind; and 
from their so constantly adopting that course, there cannot be a doubt that they are conscious 
of the advantages it affords. 
The hide of the Eland, particularly that of the neck, is very thick, and is highly esteemed as 
soles for shoes ; the rest of the hide, on account of its toughness, is much sought after by the 
farmers, being valuable as traces for horses. Its flesh is highly esteemed as food ; and from 
the animal being on these various accounts so useful, it is much hunted by the Boers, which 
accounts for its being now so rarely met within the boundaries of the Colony. 
