. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE HORNED ANIMALS—DWARF ANTELOPES. 505 ceeds under cover of the foliage, until it has gained a start: then it again bounds away. The cleverest hunter and the best Dog are often battled by the Duyker; if the course of the buck can be traced and the place in which it lies down, after its erratic ma- neuvering, discerned, it can easily be approached from the leeward side. The irregular course which it pursues necessitates great accuracy and quickness of aim in
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE HORNED ANIMALS—DWARF ANTELOPES. 505 ceeds under cover of the foliage, until it has gained a start: then it again bounds away. The cleverest hunter and the best Dog are often battled by the Duyker; if the course of the buck can be traced and the place in which it lies down, after its erratic ma- neuvering, discerned, it can easily be approached from the leeward side. The irregular course which it pursues necessitates great accuracy and quickness of aim in shooting it, however. The Duyker is not very swift; an old Pointer, which served me as a Dog of all work, frequently caught and held a Duy- ker until I came up and despatched it. The skin of. THE FOUR-HORNED ANTELOPE. One of the most peculiar of the Antelopes is the Four-horued species shown in the picture. The ani- mals are found in India. The most characteristic feature of this Antelope is the small, extra pair of horns in front of the main pair borne by every male. (Tctraceros qitadricornis.) the Duyker is used for the thongs of long wagon whips; the flesh is highly esteemed for making good soup. As a general rule the venison of South Afri- can Antelopes and Deer is very inferior, being dry and tasteless, but to the epicurean sportsman I can recommend the liver of all the small Antelopes as a great delicacy. The Dutch grease and baste the flesh of the Duyker with fat taken from the Eland of-the Hippopotamus and greatly improve the flavor of the ; DWARF ANTELOPES. The smallest species of the family are ranged un- der the title of Dwarf Antelopes {Neotragus). They are exceedingly elegant little animals, exhibiting great similarity among themselves, and only the males bear horns, those members being very small, thin and erect. The roundish head and the pointed nose, with its small muzzle, are further distinctive features. All known species strongly resemble each
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