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of this noble animal have been founded at Hawkestone by 
Viscount Hill, at Taymouth by the Marquis of Breadalbane, 
and at Tatton by Lord Egerton. Lord Hill, it is stated, was the 
first to profit by the opportunity offered by the Society, and be 
has now no less than eight of these animals roaming in his deer 
park, after having slaughtered a six-year-old male, “ Nothing” 
(observes the writer in the “Edinburgh Review,”) “can be more 
stately than the eland leading out his family along the lovely slopes 
at Hawkestone, where a great rocky ridge rises in the midst of the 
park, and stretches nearly through it, affording every variety of 
shelter. There the pale tawny flanks of the antelope glisten in 
the morning light, infinitely surpassing the dun deer in colour, 
while they rival them in grace; their great size makes them 
immediate objects of attention; their clean small legs, full of 
power, push them over hill and dale at a tremendous pace, and 
if an obstacle opposes, their faculty of leaping is almost in¬ 
credible, compared to their weight.” 
I hope, therefore, after these remarks, we may at an early day 
welcome the arrival of the eland in this country. Sir George 
Grey, whom I met in London, kindly promised, after he had sent 
some ostriches he had ready, to comply with my request for 
elands; some difficulty, he observed to me, was experienced in 
finding a proper opportunity of conveying them from the Cape 
to this colony; and although Sir George Grey is now at New 
Zealand, I have no doubt he will still, from his zeal for natural 
history, exert his influence to procure for us this valuable 
animal. 
The kodoo (strqmcews kudu), which may be as easily accli¬ 
matised as the eland, as an addition to our economical resources 
is in no way inferior to that animal. It is stated to combine 
extraordinary quality of flesh with rapid growth, fecundity, 
and hardiness, in which it is not exceeded by our best short¬ 
horns. 
In England the great difficulty in rearing many of these ante¬ 
lopes is their being subject to cold—a contingency to which 
they will not be exposed in this colony, as it assimilates to their 
own. 
A large number of valuable species of deer from different 
parts of the world might also he introduced with advantage in 
the various climates and situations of the extensive Australian 
continent, for deer spread over all parts of the globe. At one 
time, it was considered that an exception to this was to be made 
with respect to Africa, but the discovery of a species in Barbary 
