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ELK.' . ANTELOPE, 
Elk antelope. 
In size and shape this animal bears some resem- 
blance to the elk. The forehead of the elk an- 
telope is fla^ and broad above the eyes ; but from 
the eyes to the tip of the nose becomes gradually 
narrower^ till it terminates in a sharp point. The 
breast is “furnished with a dewlap* covered with 
long hair. On the upper part of the forehead 
stands a top of erect hairs. A thin erect mane 
runs along the back* from the nape of the neck to 
the origin of the tail. The ears are long and 
pointed. Though the body is of a thick robust 
form, the legs are slender and elegant. The height 
of the animal is commonly between five and six 
feet. The horns are generally about two feet 
long, of a dark brown colour, having each, from 
the base for one third of its length, three sides, 
and three ridges or ribs separating the sides, with, 
a spiral wreath running over both the ridges and 
the sides ; from the termination of the ridges and 
the spiral wreath, the rest of the horn is round 
and smooth ; both horns rise almost in an upright 
direction ; only their tops are slightly bent for- 
wards. The hoofs are short, and surrounded at 
their junction with the leg, with a circle of black 
hairs. The tail does not reach to the first joint 
of the leg, but is terminated with a tuft of long 
black hairs ; the short hair covering it is of an ash 
colour. The whole body, indeed, except the tuft 
at the end of the tail, the skin between the fetlocks 
and the hoofs, and the thin erect mane, is of a 
bluish ash colour tinged with red. 
India, Congo, and the southern parts of Africa, 
are the countries which afford these animals. 
Before Sparrman, no natural historian had given 
a description of the elk antelope from personal ob- 
