25OCAMELOPARDALIS.MARQUIS of ROCKINGHAM. Jane 22, 



cloven-footed ; have foui" teats; their tail refembles that 

 of a bullock ; but the hair of the tail is much ftronger, 

 and, in general, black : they have eight fore-teeth be- 

 low, but none above, and fix grinders, or double teeth 

 on each fide, above and below ; the tongue is rather 

 pointed and rough ; they have no footlock hoofs ; they 

 are not fwift, but can continue a long chace before they 

 flop, which may be the reafon that few of them arir 

 fliot." Its hoof is cloven like that of an ox. 



Front the aukward form of this animal, v/hich 

 Bfiakes it rreceflary it fliould feed chiefly upon trees, 

 it does not feem probable that it could ever be do- 

 meflicated with profit, or converted by man, in a tame 

 flate, to arty very ufeful purpofes. Its fleih is probably 

 whoVfome. and good for food ; but it is too rare ever 

 to become an object of general uulity in that light; and 

 we know of no peculiarities that can render it an ob- 

 jeft of mach interell ta mankind. 



'l^a the Editor of the Bee. 

 CharciSier of the Marquis of Rockingham. 

 His views o<" f^ very fubjeft were fuch as naturally pre- 

 fent thenfelves to the mind of the virtuous, and his 

 fentiments were charafterife:! with manlinefs and libe- 

 rality. VVnen all about him was uproar andconfufion, 

 " when heaven from above threatened, and earth trem- 

 " bled under his feet," he was perfectly fereneand col- 

 le.fled. Eftranged to the violence of the pafHons, his 

 meafures were dictated by the purefl benevolence and 

 patriotifm. jExuberance of genius, and all the charms 

 of eloquence, were his lead praife. Spotlefs integrity, 

 difinterefled virtue, an unremitted love of his country 

 and its conftitution ; — thefe qualities will hold him up 

 to the veneration of pofterity, when his foes are forgot- 

 ten in contempt, or immortalized to infamy. — His par- 

 tizans quilted their places with adifintereftednefs, which, 

 it is to be feared, will be more the objeft of admirationt 

 than of example. They fecured neither place, penfion, nor 

 feverfion to themfelves nor any of their adherents. T. R. 



