. 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 -OX-ANTELOPES. ±95 .and steadily along, extending from an opening in a long range of hills on the west, through which they continued pouring like the flood of some great river, to a ridge about a mile to the east, over which they disappeared. I stood upon the fore-chest of my wagon for nearly two hours, lost in wonder at the novel and beautiful scene. Immense and astonish- ing as was the herd of Springboks which I saw that morning, it was
. 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 -OX-ANTELOPES. ±95 .and steadily along, extending from an opening in a long range of hills on the west, through which they continued pouring like the flood of some great river, to a ridge about a mile to the east, over which they disappeared. I stood upon the fore-chest of my wagon for nearly two hours, lost in wonder at the novel and beautiful scene. Immense and astonish- ing as was the herd of Springboks which I saw that morning, it was far surpassed by the one I saw the same night; for when we had crossed the range of hills, through the opening of which the Springboks had poured, 1 saw the plain and even the slopes of the hills which extended all around, covered not with herds, but with one continuous mass of Spring- boks. As far as eye could see, the country swarmed queer, perpendicular leaps, bounding into the air with folded legs, the lung, snow white hair upon the back waving in the air and giving the animal a truly fairy-like appearance, which distinguishes this An- telope from all others. They sometimes leap higher than six feet, and clear from thirteen to sixteen feet at a bound, apparently without the slightest exertion. Before leaping, they bend their heads towards the fore-legs, then bound up, using all four feet, rise to the given height, their backs strongly curved and the fold of skin expanded like a fan. For one moment the\- literally seem to soar, then they come down on all four feet at once and again go up in the air. Springboks soon become tame when taken young. Those which I saw were shy and cautious towards. THE HARTEBEEST. -This species of Antelope, existing because of the larger development of the fore quarters as compared with th shaped horns, which are well illustrated in this picture. {I!n/',i,':s caama.) with them, until they merged into an indistinct con- fusion of living creatures.
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