. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . :p-^ BLESBOK. CHAPTER XLIII. HUNTING THE. ^^m BLESBOK AND BOAR. THE blesbok, says Mr. Cum*ming, in his manners aiidhabits, very much resembles thespringbok, which, however, itgreatly exceds in size, being aslarge as an English fallow-deerIt is one of the true antelopes, ^ndall its movements and paces par-take of the grace and elegancepecuhar to that species. Its color a similar to that of the sassayby, its skin being beautifully paintedwith every shade of purple, violet, and brown. Its belly is of thepurest w^ite, and a broad white band, or blaze, adorss the
. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . :p-^ BLESBOK. CHAPTER XLIII. HUNTING THE. ^^m BLESBOK AND BOAR. THE blesbok, says Mr. Cum*ming, in his manners aiidhabits, very much resembles thespringbok, which, however, itgreatly exceds in size, being aslarge as an English fallow-deerIt is one of the true antelopes, ^ndall its movements and paces par-take of the grace and elegancepecuhar to that species. Its color a similar to that of the sassayby, its skin being beautifully paintedwith every shade of purple, violet, and brown. Its belly is of thepurest w^ite, and a broad white band, or blaze, adorss the entirtlanfTth of its fane. Blesboks differ from springboks in the determined HUNTING THE BLESBOK. ^iZ and in/ariable manner in which they scour the plains, riglit in th*winds eye, and also in the manner in which they carry their nosesclose along the ground. Throughout the greater part of the yeaithey are very wary and difficult of approach, but more especiallywhen the does have young ones. At that season, when one herd isdisturbed, and takes away up the wind, every other
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