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THE LIVING WORLD. 
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The Hartebeest, or Lecama (. Bubalus caama), is about five feet high, and 
moves about in herds of ten or twelve, which contain but one male. It is 
grayish-brown in color, with a black streak on the face, a brown patch on the 
outside of the legs, and a triangular white mark on the haunches. Its thick 
horns, knotted at the base, become lyre-shaped, and then suddenly curve at 
right angles. Its habitat is tropical Africa. It is very strong, and so swift 
that it cannot be run down with dogs. On one occasion a hartebeest upset a 
horse, nearly killed the rider and completely wore out the dogs before it 
)ed from utter exhaustion. 
'he Bubale of Northern Africa (. Alcephalus bubalis ) is substantially only 
a variety of the hartebeest. 
The Saisin, or Indian Antelope ( Antilope bezoartica) , runs in herds of about 
fifty, which, however, contain but one buck. It is so swift as to be hunted 
successfully only by means of the falcon. It 
is said to jump twenty-five feet at each bound, 
and to spring some ten feet above the ground. 
The young males are promptly expelled from 
the herd, and at once undertake the task of 
gathering unto themselves wives from their 
neighbor’s flocks. The young are grayish-brown 
or black, with white for the abdomen, circles 
about the eyes, breast and lips. It is fre¬ 
quently called the black buck , stands thirty- 
three inches at the shoulder, and has a length 
of forty-six inches, exclusive of the tail. In 
middle life it is fawn above and white below, 
but as the bucks grow older, they become 
brown on the neck and head. It wears black 
vertical shoulder-stripes, and its black hofns 
are four or five-spurred. 
The Grysbuck (. Nanotragus malantis ) is 
chestnut-red in color, with white hairs scat¬ 
tered over it. The ears are unusually long 
and the tail correspondingly short. It is an inhabitant of southern Africa. 
The Ourebi (, Scopophorus ourebz) will suffer death rather than forsake a 
favorite locality, and if all of one herd be killed off, others, by some strange 
law of instinct, will appear to assert the pre-emption claims of the family. It 
lives in pairs among the long grass. When in flight it bounds into the air 
from time to time for the purpose of taking observations. When pursued it 
will run from side to side, bound into the air, and frequently change or even 
reverse its course. It will go crouching through the tall grass and conceal 
itself behind an ant-hill, but as soon as the hunter has passed it will leap up 
and speed away. In color it is tawny above and white beneath. It is found 
in the region of the Cape of Good Hope, and is handsome, graceful and 
its flesh is palatable. It prefers treeless plains and the flatter portions of the 
country. 
The Sable Antelope, or Pontaquaine (. Hippotragus niger ), is shy and 
crafty, and never approaches the South African villages. It is glossy black in 
color, which contrasts strikingly with the snow-white of the belly. The horns, 
alpine ibex ( Capra ibex). 
