. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . ich is taught to join those of its kind wherever it perceivesthem. When the hunter, therefore, sees a herd of these animals together,he fixes a noose round the horns of the tame gazelle in such a manner, thatif the rest but touch it they are entangled; and thus prepared, he sends his 358 MAMMALIA—SPRINGBOCK. gazelle among the rest. No sooner does the tame animal approach, thanthe males of the herd instantly sally forth to oppose him; and in buttingwith their hor
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . ich is taught to join those of its kind wherever it perceivesthem. When the hunter, therefore, sees a herd of these animals together,he fixes a noose round the horns of the tame gazelle in such a manner, thatif the rest but touch it they are entangled; and thus prepared, he sends his 358 MAMMALIA—SPRINGBOCK. gazelle among the rest. No sooner does the tame animal approach, thanthe males of the herd instantly sally forth to oppose him; and in buttingwith their horns, are caught in the noose, when both struggling for sometime, fall together to the ground; till at last the hunter comes up, disenga-ges the one, and kills the other. Upon the whole, however, these animals, whatever be the arts used topursue them, are very difficult to be taken; for, as they are continuallysubject to alarms from carnivorous beasts, or from man, they keep chieflyin the most solitary and inaccessible places, and find their only protectionfrom the dangerousness of the spot whither they retreat. THE The predominant color of this animal is a pale yellowish brown; the bellybreast, and inside of the limbs, are white; as is also the head, excepting adark brown list, which passes from each corner of the mouth, over the eyes,to the base of the horns. From the tail, half way up the back, is a stripeof white, bounded on each side by a dark brown list, and a stripe of thesame color extends on each side, from the shoulders to the haunches, form-ing a contrasting boundary between the snowy whiteness of the belly, andthe rusty color of the sides. The tail is very slender, not being thickerthan a goose quill at the lower part, which reached to nearly the first jointof the leg; the ears are of an ash color, tipped on the edges with fine lightgray hairs. The hair in general is short and fine; but the dark line whichborders the white consists of longer hairs, whic
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