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THE SPRINGER OJt SPRINOBOCK. 
flock described by Mr Burcliell, and their numbers 
everywhere met with is immense; but Pringle agrdn 
observes, that, on the banks of the little Fish River, 
“ so numerous were these lierds, that they literally 
speckled the face of the country as far as the eye 
could reach, insomuch that we calculated we had 
sometimes within view not less than 20,000 of these 
beautiful animals.” 
The general colour of the Springbock is fulvous 
brown, beneath white, hut the colours are distinctly 
separated by a dark brown band upon the flanks ; 
but the most curious appeaiance in the structure of 
the animal, is two folds of skin ascending from the 
root of the tail, and terminating upon the croup. 
They dilate when the animal is bounding, and expose 
a large triangular space (otherwise concealed) of pure 
white-coloured hair, edged by two dark-coloured 
streaks. 
It is this animal whicli commits so much damage 
during the passage of its vast migratory herds ; while 
at the same time it affords a most ample sustenance 
to the African beasts of prey. 
Plate Twenty-eigdit exhibits another animal belong- 
ing apparently to this group, inhabiting Northern Af- 
rica. 
