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CATOBLEPAS GNOO.—THE GNOO, OR WILDE BEEST. 
Wilde Beest (wild ox) of the Cape Colonists.—’ Gnoo of the Hottentots.—Impatoomo of the Matabili. \ ey 
Generic CHARACTER.—Adult male upwards of four feet high at the shoulder, and nine in extreme length General contour 
very muscular, and exhibitive of great energy. Head heavy bid square. ' Muzzle large, spread out and flattened, with narrow linear 
nostrils. Above it, on the chaffron, is seated a conspicuous tuft of black bristling hairs, radiating laterally, and resembling a blacking 
brush. A tuft of similar hair seated beneath each eye, concealing a gland, which distils a viscous humour, Eye wild and fiery; 
surrounded by a star-like fringe white bristles, diverging as the radii of a circle. Numerous stiff white bristles scattered over the 
upper lip. Ears small and pointed. Horns arising from a basal mass which expands over the forehead so as to form a solid helmet 
furrowed upon the summit: scarcely ndvagomng from the head, they taper out sideways over the eyes, and uncinate up into a pointed: 
hook, sweeping with a regular curve, and producing an aspect, sinister, suspicious, and vindictive. Shoulder deep. Neck resembling — 
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_ that of a high-fed bull, with heavy crest, and much arched. Carcase round. A cushion of fat seated on either haunch. Legs slender 
and long, shaped like those of a stag. Hoofs of a blue-black color, and pointed. A full vertical mane on the summit of the crest, 
wearing the appearance of a neatly trimmed hog, and consisting of quantities of upright wiry white hair, tipped with brown, so as to 
form a dark border. A bushy black beard flowing from the chin and dewlap; and a full bush of shaggy black wavy hair depending 
betwixt the forelegs from the brisket, and extending some distance along the belly. Tail equine, white, and sweeping to the ground. 
General complexion of the hair a deep umber-brown, ranging upon black. 4 | 
Female similar, but smaller, and exhibiting less depth of color. Her horns slighter and less expandedMind their bases less 
approximated. Has an udder with four mamme. Very gregarious. — Abundant on the open plains of the Vaal river, and still occurring 
in some Parts of Cape Colony. 
