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j ^ ith antelopes it is sometimes difficult to imagine 
°' v they can possibly use their curiously-shaped horns ; 
the spiing-boc (Ant. euehore ) has rather short up- 
1 J glit horns, with the sharp points beut inwards almost 
ilt a right angle, so as to face each other ; Mr. Bartlett 
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not know how they are used, but suggests that 
6 y would inflict a fearful wound down each side of 
le face of an antagonist. The slightly-curved horns of 
le Oryx leucoryx (fig. Cl) are directed backwards, and 
1 e °f such length that their points reach beyond the 
Fig. 61 . Oryx leucoryx, male (from the Knowsley Menagerie). 
Middle of the back, over which they stand in an almost 
Parallel line. Thus they seem singularly ill-fitted for 
Siting; but Mr. Bartlett informs me that when two 
, these animals prepare for battle, they kneel down, 
"rih their heads between their front legs, and in this 
'^titude the horns stand nearly parallel and close to 
i. 6 ground, with the points directed forwards and a 
de upwards. The combatants then gradually ap- 
proach each other and endeavour to get the upturned 
Points under each other’s bodies; if one succeeds in 
