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THE IMPOOFO. 
smoked is more particularly esteemed ; these ai-e cut 
out at their whole length, and from the resemblance 
they bear to bullock’s tongues are called Thigh 
Tongues. They are sent as presents or for sale to 
Cape Town, and are eaten raw with bread and but- 
ter, cut into very thin slices. The taste of Eland’s 
flesh, when eaten fresh, much resembles beef. The 
skins are much esteemed for making leather, and 
the horns are formed into tobacco pipes.*^ Thus, 
they appear to be a very useful animal, and it must 
be regretted that persecution is likely to destroy the 
species in the vicinity of civilization. 
According to the above quoted author, the Eland 
is from seven to eight feet in length, and about four 
feet high. They are sometimes found in groups 
of twenty or thirty together, but more commonly 
from eight to ten, of which there are seldom more 
than one or two males, which are fattest, and are al- 
ways singled out for destruction. They run swiftly 
at first, but are easily wearied and run down, and 
are said by the peasants to be more easily taken by 
man than any other of the African animals. 
Major Smith gives the dimensions larger those of 
Lichtenstein. The weight often above a hundred 
pounds ; the length between eight and nine feet. The 
height of a female in the Tower was five feet at the 
shoulder ; and Mr Barrow mentions a male six feet 
and a half high. The horns are placed on the sum- 
5.ichten8tein’s Travels, Engl. Trans, i. 97. 
