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indeed attempted to domesticate them ; but they 
often pursue and shoot them in the chace. Herds 
of them range through all the districts in which 
the Dutch colonists are settled. Sometimes a 
solitary individual or a single pair are met with. 
Even at its full speed, this animal seems to 
gallop with a heavy pace : yet, its motion is not 
slower than that of any other of the large antelopes. 
When pursued, it often turns and gazes on its 
pursuer. Fighting, it drops on its knees like the 
gnu, in order to rush on its antagonist with the 
greater impetuosity. 
Its flesh is somewhat dry, but of a fine grain, 
and of an agreeable high flavour. The Dutch 
colonists make handsome spoons of its horns. The 
cerumen which oozes from its pori ceriferi, is es- 
teemed by the Hottentots as a rare and excellent 
medicine. 
The Senegal antelope of Mr. Pennant is regarded 
merely as a variety of this species. Its head, its 
loins, its ears, are all nearly of the same form as 
those of the cervine antelope. Its tail is in the 
same manner covered with coarse bristly hairs. 
The whole skin is seven feet in length. But if 
it have a mane, as Mr. Pennant represents, that 
no doubt affords reason for ranking the animal as a 
distinct species. It is an inhabitant of Senegal. 
The French call it La grande vache brune. 
Gambian antelope. 
This species bears a considerable resemblance, 
in shape and colours, to what we have considered 
as a second variety of the last species. Its horns 
are thirteen inches long, and annulated with eight 
or nine rings, but smooth at the points. Its size 
is equal to that of the fallow-deer. Its fore legs 
