. From North pole to equator: studies of wild life and scenes in many lands. Animal behavior; Birds; Tundras; Ethnology; Birds. 332 FROM NORTH POLE TO EQUATOR. This antelope may be regarded as typically a desert animal. Although it is proportionate in all its parts, the head and sense- organs seem almost too large, and the limbs too delicate, in fact. Fig. 51.—Gazelles lying near a Mimosa. almost fragile. But this head carries a brain of unusual cleverness for a ruminant, and those limbs are as if made of steel, exceedingly strong and elastic, admirably suited for agility and untiring endur- a
. From North pole to equator: studies of wild life and scenes in many lands. Animal behavior; Birds; Tundras; Ethnology; Birds. 332 FROM NORTH POLE TO EQUATOR. This antelope may be regarded as typically a desert animal. Although it is proportionate in all its parts, the head and sense- organs seem almost too large, and the limbs too delicate, in fact. Fig. 51.—Gazelles lying near a Mimosa. almost fragile. But this head carries a brain of unusual cleverness for a ruminant, and those limbs are as if made of steel, exceedingly strong and elastic, admirably suited for agility and untiring endur- ance. One must not judge the gazelle of the desert from its ap-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884; Thomson, Margaret R. , tr; Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur), 1861-1933, ed. London [etc. ] Blackie & Son, Limited
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