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• Its home is Southern Africa, where it is still found in large herds; and its flesh affords a plentiful subsistence both to travellers and the half-savage natives of the land Hunting the eland is a common pastime; and no craft is required to insure success, since these creatures are almost as tame as domestic cattle; so tame that the horseman usually rides into the middle of the drove, and, singling out the fattest bull, shoots him down without any difficulty. —  Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys
• There is a large body of gnoos and quaggas under that small hill to the westward; but there are better animals for the table when we get a little further to the northward Which are those The eland, the largest of the antelope species, and sometimes weighing more than a thousand pounds; moreover, they are very fat, and very easy to run down. —  The Mission; or Scenes in Africa
• Sambroko having fortunately killed an eland, the people were restored to good-humour, and consented the next morning to commence the march Again the little caravan moved on, and as the men had been well fed they made good progress. —  Ned Garth Made Prisoner in Africa. A Tale of the Slave Trade
• There were ducks and geese and Kavirondo crane; and sometimes eland, as fine in flavor as that of the prize steer of the fat-stock show. —  In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country
• The eland is as big as a bull, with spiral horns and beautifully marked skin, and both the male and female carry horns. —  In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country

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