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Show 1881.] MR. F. C. SELOUS ON AFRICAN ANTELOPES. 757 runs very swiftly and has good bottom ; but in this respect different individuals differ considerably, as is the case with all animals ; and I have run down without much difficulty individual Sable Antelopes, and Roan Antelopes, and one Gemsbuck, whilst others have gone clean away from me. The Sable Antelope is often very savage when wounded, and, like the Roan Antelope and Gemsbuck, will commit terrible havoc amongst a pack of dogs ; indeed I have known one to kill three with three consecutive sweeps of its long scimitar-shaped horns. 8. GAZELLA EUCHORE. (SpringBok of the Dutch ; SpringBuck of the English; Insaypee of the Bechuamas ; Eet-saypee of the Makalakas.) The Springbok is still found in the north-western portions of the Cape Colony, and throughout the Free State, Transvaal, and Griqualand West, where it has not yet been exterminated. Along the borders of the Kalahari desert it is common in many parts ; and on the saltpans between the Botletlie river and the waggon-road leading from Bamangwato to the Zambesi it is also plentiful. In common with the Gemsbuck and Hartebeest, however, its northern range is bounded by the thick forests which run east and west south of the Mababe river. I believe that to the west of Lake Ngami it has a more extensive range northwards. 9. .ZEPYCEROS MELAMPUS. (Boode-Bok (pronounced BoyBok) of the Dutch; BoyBuck of the English ; Paid of the Bechuanas ; Impdld of the Amandebele ; Ee-pdld of the Makalakas ; Inzero of the Masubias ; Umpdrd of the Makubas ; LuBondwee of the Batongas ; Kug-ar (with a click on the first syllable) of the Masaras.) This Antelope I first met with on the Marico and Notuani rivers, two tributaries of the Limpopo ; and from there northwards it is to be found along the banks of every river and stream wherever I have been, except in those places where the natives have exterminated or driven them away. They are nowhere more plentiful than along the Chobe, and may often be seen in herds of from twenty to a hundred together. There are very few males in comparison with the number of females, though I have sometimes seen a herd composed entirely of rams, ten or fifteen in number. They like thick cover along the river's bank, and are seldom seen at a distance of more than a mile from water, of the proximity of which there is no more certain sign than the presence of Impala Antelopes. In the rainy season they will often wander from pool to pool until they get to a considerable distance from their usual resort along a river, and thus are often found at some of the larger and more permanent vleys, such as Selinya and Boatlanarma, on the road between Secheles and Bamano-wato. The Impalas found on the banks of the Limpopo are, I think, larger than those found on the Chobe, and their horns usually wider set. The largest horns I have ever seen were from the Limpopo, and measured 1 ft. 9 in. in a straight line from point to |
