THE PEGASSE. 



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The above figure is copied from an engraving in the 

 fourth volume of Griffiths' 'Cuvier/ of which the following 

 account is given : " In the collection of drawings, formerly 

 the property of Prince John Maurice of Nassau, now in 

 the Berlin library, there is the figure of a ruminant with 

 the name Pacasse written under it. Judging from the 

 general appearance of the painting, it represents a young 

 animal, although the horns are already about as long as 

 the head. They are of a darkish colour, with something 

 like ridges passing transversely, commencing at the sides 

 of the frontal ridge, turned down and outwards, with the 



