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THE STORY OF THE ANTELOPE . 
bucks utter a short grunt, and the does a kind of hissing sound when 
alarmed. 
THE ADDAX ANTELOPE. 
The addax, or spiral horned antelope, is a native of Northern Africa, 
ranging from the Nile to Lake Tchad and Senegal. It is a genuine desert 
antelope. Sometimes it is called the Mendes antelope, because in the 
Egyptian temple of Mendes are many images of Egyptian gods wearing head 
FEMALE SWAMP ANTELOPE. 
dresses of horns which were spiral shaped. The addax is of uniformly light 
color, with a brownish grey mane. It has a huge tuft of hair on the forehead 
which looks as if it had received the attention of a hair dresser. The ancient 
Egyptians kept the addax as a domestic animal. 
THE SWAMP ANTELOPE. 
The harnessed antelope of West Africa greatly resembles the kuau or 
pigmy antelope. The species shown in the accompanying illustration is 
