MAMMALIA. 5 



FAMILY, CAVICORNIA. 

 Antilopinse. 



13. Ant Hope bubalis. Pall. Spicil. Zool. xii. 16. The Bubale. 

 Heb. ^^<J^ {^generic). Arab. ^_^1 jji), BekMr el zoacJi. 



The Bubale I never saw in Palestine ; but it certainly exists on the 

 eastern borders of Gilead and Moab, and is well known to the Arabs, who 

 assure me it sometimes comes down to drink at the headwaters of the 

 streams flowing into the Dead Sea, where they not unfrequently capture 

 it. It roams through Arabia and North Africa, where in the beginning 

 of the last century. Dr. Shaw informs us, it was common, and where I 

 have sometimes seen it. It is very like the Hartebeests o^ South Africa. 

 It is the ' Wild Cow' [Bekk'r el ivacli) of the Arabs. In ancient times it 

 must have been much more common. 



14. Antilope addax. Licht. Act. Acad. Leopold, xii. Heb. lltJ'n. 

 Arab. \^^, RIeha. 



The beautiful milk-white Addax is a scarce and very large Antelope, 

 but has a wide range through Abyssinia, Nubia, and Egypt, as well as 

 Arabia. It is the Strcpsiceros (Twist-horn) of Pliny, and is probably the 

 ' Pygarg ' of our Authorised Version. It is well known to the Arabs as 

 ' Addas ' or ' Akas,' and approaches the southern and eastern frontiers of 

 Palestine. Its claim to be included here is rather historical than actual. 



15. Antilope leucoryx. Pall. Spicil. Zool., fasc. xii. 17, 61. The 

 Oryx, or White Antelope. Heb. 1N'^. 



Common in North Arabia, and found in the Belka and Hauran. Its 

 horns may be purchased at Damascus. I have been near enough to 

 identify it by its long horns. It is probably the Teo, or ' Wild Ox,' of the 

 translators of our Bible. It is an inhabitant of Kordofan, Senaar, Upper 

 Egypt, and Arabia, and, according to some authorities, extends into Persia. 



16. Gasella dorcas. (L. Syst. Nat. i., p. 96.) Gazelle. Heb. "'5V. 

 Arab. J^j^, Ghazal. 



The Gazelle is extremely common in every part of the country south 

 of Lebanon, and the only large game which is really abundant. I have 



