Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16
Todd BEASTS THESE DISTRICT BILLS UP LAW SCHOOL WNS|
Strange Things Roosevelt
Saw When He Had a Gun.
KLIPSPR|NGER is CLIMBER
Topi Is a Purple Animal-Hart-
beests Go Fast-Gnu Is the Horn
ed Householder Marvels.

i OSSSOo Wv 4dog"0Ilu 40 tlV x4O1 H
ed Householder Marvels.
| The many specimens of skins and skull:
that have come to the National Museum
| from the Smithsonian African expedition
under Col. Theodore Roosevelt have
brought to light some names of animals
! that frequently fail to in any way iden
| tifN the beast
| OF this character are klipspringer, topi
/ hartbeest wildebeest. gazella. impal1a
dikdk. otocyon and perhaps cony. A
brief description of the animals which
these names represent may be found in
teresting.
Hill-Climbing Klipspringer.
The kIipspringer. called kainsi by the
Hottentots and ki!p-bok by the Beers. is a
small antelope that is widely distributed
| through South Africa. 1t may be found
up the east coast through the province OF
| Mozambique and is plentiful in northern
Zambesi, but in Cape Colony they are not
| as numerous formerly.
| They cannot run quickly on leve
ground. but when climbing a hill theil
marvellous agility is apparent. They will
race up the smooth face of slippery rocks
so steep that no animal other than a
| baboon could find a footing there.
| 1t is their fondness for a rocky country
that has led to their being called the
| "chamois of Africa" klipspringer stalk
i ing in Africa is pretty sport, afford .ng
healthful exercise, frequently amid
| charming scenery.
Purple-Tinted Topi.
The topi. according to some writer's. us
nominaily, a hartebeest,' That is. it is
something like an antelope and yet
much heavier having to certain extent
characteristics that ally it to the family
that includes the bovine species.
| 1t is good-size beast and sturdily
| built, and has a beautifully shaded skin
(! of purplish tint, with a sheen on its
| coat which seems to change color in
| different lights. like shot silk. Its dis
| tribution is curious. and it is found near
the coasts. and also far in the interior
and yet there are wide regions where it
is unknown.
The flesh of the topi is excellent fur
nshins the best meat for eating in some
parts of Central Africa.
Swift-Footed Hartebeests.
The hartebeests are large antelopes that
go about in herds and are swift. There
are many varieties. although they are
usually classified as hartebeests proper.
| bastard hartebeests and gnus. Among
the bastard hartebeests are the topi, al
ready mentioned, the korrigum and the
tang.
The hartebeests are all more or less
ungainly looking rumnants OF compare
lively large size, with naked muzzles,
small glands in the face below the eyes,
and large-valved nostrils, Of which the
| lower lids are covered with number of
short. bristly hairs. They have long
tufted or hairy tails and have peculiarly
angled horns set at the extreme top Of a
long face.
In color they are either uniformly
brown, or similarly colored with the ad-
dition of blackish or purplish patches on
the face, shoulders. hind quarters and
lower portions of the limbs. They are
sometimes domesticated, but usua.,y are
hunted for their flesh, which resembles
beef.
Brindled and White Tailed Gnu.
The wIldebeest is better known as the
gnu. There are the brindled species and
the white-tatIed gnu, with three distinct
varieties of the first species.
| ~Wiidebeests are described as grotesque-
| looking ruminants with disproportionately
large heads. distinguished from other
genera OF hartebeests by the tufts of hair
| on their faces. their named necks, broad
| muZzles, doubly curved smooth horns and
long horse-like tails. Their ground color
varies from gray to dark brown with
! or without transverse stripes the lone
| black or white.
| From their peculiar appearance they
have often been called horned horses
Graceful Little Gazella.
| Gazella is the name of group Of grace
full little antelopes which are commonl,
known as gazeles from the Arabic nam.
| of one OF the species. They are found il
| the more open districts of Africa and ar,
| divided into about fifteen distinct spe
cies
Generally the color is sandy above ane
| white below. In all the African specie.
the face is marked with Longitudinal
| dark and light streaks.
! TUFTS of hair are usually developed or
| the knees The tail is of medium length
| in the African species.
Agile and Timid Impallas.
Impallas or sometimes simply pallas
is the name given to certain antelopes
There are two African species known t.
science, the common impala and the
.Angolan impalla. Their general color i.
bright reddish brown, but paler along the
| lower part of the sides.
The horns of the impallas are particu
| larly graceful They extend convex be
low and concave above. spreading evenly
| They are described as most graceful anf
agile creatures. They display great ac
tivity when alarmed. flying through tht
| scrub and bounding high over bushes. one
| after another. as the herd follows it.
leader in his headlong course
/ IL surprised at close quarters in thick
cover the bush becomes suddenly alive
| with them, several often being in the
air simultaneously in their first Devil
dered fright.
Long-Nosed Dik-Dik.
| Dik-dik Is the name given to a curious