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A herd of eland, Tragelaphus Taurotragus oryx, grazes in a nature reserve on the high veld grasslands of South Africa. Once a common antelope, the eland now survives only in a few carefully protected areas.

Largest species of antelope, Taurotragus oryx. Pale fawn in colour, it is about 2 m/6 ft high, and both sexes have spiral horns about 45 cm/18 in long. It is found in central and southern Africa.



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So I went this morning to Westmor eland House to ask you for my sister's address, and to acknowledge plainly that I suspected you of being again in correspondence with Mrs.
I was telling Evans one night, I remember, of some wonderful workings I had found whilst hunting koodoo and eland in what is now the Lydenburg district of the Transvaal.
He had come a long way in search of man, for even in his youth he had tasted human flesh and while it was poor stuff by comparison with eland and zebra it was less difficult to kill.
 
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