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 | | Sabl has a chateau of the i8th century, a fortified gateway, relic of a medieval stronghold, and a modern church with fine stained glass of the early i $th century. |
 | | In all these antelopes long cylindrical horns are present in both sexes; the muzzle is hairy; there is no gland below the eye; the tail is long and tufted; and in the breadth of their tall crowns the upper molar-teeth resemble those of the oxen. |
 | | The sable and roan antelopes are distinguished from Oryx by the stout and thickly ringed horns rising vertically from a ridge over the eyes at an obtuse angle to the plane of the lower part of the face, and then sweeping backwards in a bold curve. |
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