From the horns, along the nape to the withers, the male has a small mane of the same yellowish color with the rest of the skin, and the tail has a tuft of black hair.

It is never found a mile from water; islets in marshes and rivers are its favorite haunts, and it is quite unknown except in the central humid basin of Africa.

Having a good deal of curiosity, it presents a noble appearance as it stands gazing, with head erect, at the approaching stranger.

When it resolves to decamp, it lowers its head, and lays its horns down to a level with the withers; it then begins with a waddling trot, which ends in its galloping and springing over bushes like the pallahs.

It invariably runs to the water, and crosses it by a succession of bounds, each of which appears to be from the bottom.