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GRACEFUL AFRICAN ANTELOPES 
brindles from which the animal gets its name. The female is precisely 
similar, but smaller. 
The Eland.—The next in order is the eland or impoofo. This 
animal, while belonging to the order of ruminants, is the largest and 
most beautiful of the antelope family. Its height at the shoulder is 
about six feet six inches and the greatest length about twelve feet. In 
many ways the eland is much like the ox. The muzzle is broad and 
the facial line straight with a square forehead covered with a cluster 
THE ELAND 
of strong wiry brown hair, margined on either side by a yellow streak, 
commencing above the eyes, and nearly meeting half way down the 
face. The eyes are large and brilliant. The horns are placed on the 
summit of the forehead, are about two feet long, massive and nearly 
straight, with a ponderous ridge ascending in a spiral direction nearly 
to the tips. The neck is very thick and the shoulders deep and power¬ 
ful. The larynx is very prominent and there is a long dewlap fringed 
with long wiry brown hair descending to the knees. From the fore- 
