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Crawshay's, and the Abyssinian and Western Defassa, are found in Central, which differ from most other species; it is to be met with in considerable troops ANTELOPES] from the Limpopo River northwards into East and Central Africa, in bushy and forest country, upon the borders of such of the river systems as are not surrounded by swamps. Where it has not been much disturbed, the beautiful Impala roams in large numbers, as many as eighty or a hundred in a troop. Thanks to the nature of its habitat, where covert is abundant, it is not a difficult antelope to shoot. In height the Pallah stands slightly under three feet, while representative horns range from twenty to thirty inches over the curve.
Three small antelopes which give very excellent mountain shooting in South Africa are the Klipspringer (Oreotragus saltator), the Vaal, or Grey, Rhebok (Pelea capreola), and the Red Rhebok, or Mountain Reedbuck (Cervicapra lalandi). These antelopes frequent many of the mountain ranges of South Africa, and afford admirable shooting with the rifle. The Klipspringer is found as far north as Abyssinia. It is a very charming and astonishingly active little mountaineer, and well deserves its title, "Chamois of Africa."
The well-known Springbuck (Antidorcas euchore) is happily still abundant in many parts of South Africa, from the Karroos of Cape Colony to Ngamiland, and even Benguela on the West Coast. This fleet, active, and characteristic antelope affords some of the best stalking in South Africa. It can be driven by approaching in line downwind, ing a horse until within four hundred yards and then dismounting and sidling in for a shot. Very accurate shooting is, however, Valdwell IMPALA.
Ht. at shoulder, 36 in. Av. horn meas. 20 in.
Max. horn meas. 27 in. required for the springbuck, which is seldom bagged nowadays at less than three hundred [Photo. by A. Radclyffe Dugmore.
IMPALA JUMPING. THIS PECULIAR HABIT IS CHARACTERISTIC OF THESE ANIMALS WHEN FRIGHTENED. when it invariably takes upwind and can be cut off by gunners mounted or in carts; or it can be quietly approached by slowly walkyards range. The Blesbok and Bontebok (Damalis albifrons and D. pygargus) are two very handsome and remarkable ante- G2 lopes, which formerly thronged the plains of South Africa, but are now only to be found preserved on a few farms. As game animals they may be considered, unfortunately, almost extinct. Addax (Addax nasomaculatus). -The rare and singular antelope, known to the tribes of North Africa as Kubbaji, is an inhabitant of the waterless and desert regions of southern Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco, and of the Sahara and the Egyptian Sudan. Up to the present time very few specimens have been shot by Europeans. The Addax is a good-sized antelope, not distantly related to the oryxes, and having some points of resemblance to the sable and roan antelopes. The horns have something of the spiral twist of the kudu; they are strongly annulated, or ringed, and in good specimens run to close on 40 inches in length. This is a heavily built antelope, standing 3 ft. 6 in. at the shoulder, and having a sandy or yellowishwhite coloration (greyish in winter), with whitish rump, underparts, and limbs. On the forehead is a patch of brown hair, and below the eyes are white streaks, forming a chevron. There are also white markings on the ears and lips. In winter the coat of this antelope becomes much heavier, and masses of long, brownish hair are developed on the neck, shoulders, and forehead. The hoofs, which are singularly wide and flat, show a remarkable adaptation for desert life, and, living as this animal does usually in loose, sandy desert tracts, its wide, shallow feet are as useful to it as are the somewhat similarly shaped hoofs of the reindeer, which spends much of its life in a snow-covered habitat. Males and females alike carry horns, and, as with the oryxes, the horns of the females are as long as, or longer than, those of the males. The addax is nearly always found in bare, open country, and appears to be able to withstand the direct rays of a powerful sun as easily as do the gemsbuck, the springbuck, and other desert-loving antelopes and gazelles. In North Africa the Arabs of Tunisia hunt this antelope with their longhaired slughi hounds a kind of greyhound -themselves following the chase on horseback. The record pair of Addax horns, which are the property of Sir Edmund