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THE IMPOOFO. , , 
Saselaphus areas, — Smith. 
PLATE XIX. 
In this animal there is a great resemblance to 
some of the oxen. Its large size, its more clumsy 
form, its heavy gait, and the laige hairy dewlap, all re- 
mind one of them. At present, the Impoofo is found 
On the Karoo plains, in company with some of the 
larger inhabitants and ostriches of these districts ; 
though formerly it was so abundant in the Cape 
Colony, and so easily managed by a swift horse, that 
tbe hunters would drive it in the direction of their 
I'omes, and bring it down only when they thought it 
Convenient for their servants to carry it home.* 
These animals, Lichtenstein observes, are much 
esteemed by the colonists for food. Hunting par- 
ties are often made from some settlement, attended 
"''th all the necessary apparatus, wagons to carry 
home the spoil, &c. The meat is cut in pieces on 
*he spot, salted and packed in the skins, and some 
el it is smoked. The great muscle of the thigh 
• Major Smith. 
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