. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. 116 ORDEES OP MAMMALS—HOOFED ANIMALS of animals of all sizes, many of them odd, and many of them noted for their beauty. The stu- dent who has a special liking for the large hoofed animals surely will find pleasure in making the aeiiuaintance of such superb creatures as the sable antelope, the koodoo, the water-buck, the eland, the oryx, the gnu, the pallah, and the hartebeest of Africa. We have reason to envy Africa her exclusive possession of all those fine creatures, not
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. 116 ORDEES OP MAMMALS—HOOFED ANIMALS of animals of all sizes, many of them odd, and many of them noted for their beauty. The stu- dent who has a special liking for the large hoofed animals surely will find pleasure in making the aeiiuaintance of such superb creatures as the sable antelope, the koodoo, the water-buck, the eland, the oryx, the gnu, the pallah, and the hartebeest of Africa. We have reason to envy Africa her exclusive possession of all those fine creatures, not to mention her other hoofed ani- mals, great and small. The Prong-Horned Antelope' is found only cent bullet flies true to the mark, it will destroy an animal more wonderful than the rarest or- chid that ever bloomed. Remember the ages which Nature has spent in fashioning this wonderful combination of keen eye, fleet foot and graceful limb, and preserving it from the extermination which overtook the great reptiles, rhinoceroses, and toothed birds of the vast inland sea now known as the Uintah Basin. Surely this animal is worth perpetual protection at our hands, rather than needless, cruel and inexcusable slaughter. It cannot .„.,—,*5aa8^?5»?Sa<«BW5-- iil- .'^"«*i ,'i -. % ^jL */ mV^^ Pamtcil by Caul Kungius. PRONG-HORNED .VNTELUI'E. in North America, and it possesses so many ana- tomical ijcculiarities, found in no other animal, that zoologists have created for it a separate Family, which it occupies in solitary state. It is like an island in a vast sea, unrelated. Let him wh(j hereafter may be tempted, either law- fully or unlawfully, to raise a death-dealing rifle against one of these beautiful prairie ro\'ers, remember two things before he pulls the trigger: In this land of plenty, no man really needs this creature's paltry pounds of flesh; and if his two- ' An-Ii-lo-cap'ra dmericana. he perpetuated by breeding in captivity; and unless preserved in a wi
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