216 NATURAL HISTORY IN ANECDOTE.

of the party, recovering from their confusion, then came up
and despatched him, though too late to save their comrade,
whose body was hanging in the tree quite dead.”

The Zebu. The Zebu is found in India, China, Arabia,
Persia and Africa. It is of about the same size as a cow,
but is distinguished by the possession of a hump upon its
shoulders, giving it some resemblance to the Bison. It is used
both for riding and driving in India, where it admirably serves
the purposes of a horse, travelling at the rate of six miles an
hour for many hours at a stretch and leaping obstacles with
the facility of a practised hunter. It is also used for plough-
ing land and threshing corn.

The Yek. The Yak belongs to Western Thibet. It is of
singular appearance, having the head of a bull and the hump
of a Bison, and being covered with long hair reaching almost
to the ground. In a wild state it is savage and dangerous,
but it is brought under cultivation by the Tartars, who use
it as a beast of burden and make ropes and garments from
its hair. The female yields rich milk from which excellent
butter is made; butter which is stored in bladders from which
the air is excluded. It is then carried to market by the faithful
animal which has produced it.

The Antelopes. The Antelopes are numerous in kind and
various in form, too numerous and various to be separately
described. The Eland, the largest and heaviest of the
species, belongs to South Africa; the Bosch-bok, to South and
Central Africa, the Harnessed Antelope to West Africa; and
the Nylghau to India. The Leucoryx and the Addax are
found in North Africa, the Equine Antelopes in tropical Africa
and the Cape. The Pallah herds in South Africa. The
Prong-horned Antelope belongs to North America, inhabiting the
Rocky Mountains and the districts both north and south. The
Bay Antelope is found on the Gold Coast, the Four-horned
Antelope in India. The Gnu or Wildebeest belongs to South
Africa and the Chamois and the Izard to the Pyrenees.