The American Spring-buck is an antelope which is found on the prairies of the Western States. They move about in great herds, which are sometimes seen in one district, then they vanish and appear in an entirely new locality.
The African Springbok is still found in great numbers throughout the Transvaal and Orange Free State. As late as 1891 the springboks made a migration north toward the Zambesi River. They took several days to pass an up-country station, and the sheep-herders, who are accustomed to accurately guess the numbers of herds of animals, estimated that there must have been over half a million springboks on the move. These migrations are not regular, but generally take place when the food in the plains gives out.
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| Spring bucks resting and grazing in the fields. |
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