. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. GEMS-UOK.âO/'i/x dn^t U,i. natural biiyoucts, flie ndult (leins-liok is a matcli ibr uf tlio smaller cnrnivora and lias oxvn known to wa-.^ a sueccsslul duel witli the lordly lion, and fairly to bekt off Its anta, Lvon m-],,.,! lion lias ovorconie the (, tlie battle nny sometimes H. elaimed by botj. sidrs, in one instance, the dead bodies of a and a Gems- hok \yere found lym- on the plain, the], .rns of the Antelope bein- driven so
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. GEMS-UOK.âO/'i/x dn^t U,i. natural biiyoucts, flie ndult (leins-liok is a matcli ibr uf tlio smaller cnrnivora and lias oxvn known to wa-.^ a sueccsslul duel witli the lordly lion, and fairly to bekt off Its anta, Lvon m-],,.,! lion lias ovorconie the (, tlie battle nny sometimes H. elaimed by botj. sidrs, in one instance, the dead bodies of a and a Gems- hok \yere found lym- on the plain, the], .rns of the Antelope bein- driven so firmly into \hv ions ,lhat they eould not be extrartcd by the elforts of a sin-le man. Tlie linn hml evidently sprun- ,ipon the , which had received its foe upon the points (it Its horns, and had sacrificed its own life in destroyin^r that of its adversary In ('umminn's deservedly i)oi,ular work on Southern Africa maybe found tlu' toliowin,^' notes concernine- this animal. "The (Jems-bok was intended by nature to adorn the ].ar<"lied karroos and arid deserts ot .Nouth Aiiu^a, Mhieh description of country it is admirably adapted. It lirivos and attains hinh condition in barren reo-ions ^vhen* it mi-ht be imagined that a locust could not subsistence ; and burninoas is the climate, it is perfeetly'independent 0 water, which, from my own observation and the repeated reports Ijotli of Boers and iibori-incs, I am convinced it never by any chance tastes. Its llesli is deservedly esteemed, and ranks next to that of the eland. At certain seasons of the year they carry a great quantity ot fat, at which time they can more easily l)e ridden into Owiiin-to the even nature of the grcaind which the (!ems-bok frequents, its shy and suspicious dis])ositioii,aiid the extreme distances IVom water to which it must be followed It IS never stalked or drnvii to an ambush like the Antelopes, but is hunted on horseback! and rnldeii .town by a Ion- sever
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