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SUBKIKGDOM VERTEBRATA. 



Fig. 92. 



Fig. 93. 



AntUope rupicapra, Chamois. 



A. dorcas, Gazelle. 



The Gazelle has an elegant form ; black, round, and thick 

 horns ; large, dark, and lustrous eyes ; * and a swiftness so 

 great that the greyhound cannot overtake it. 



A. kudu, Koodoo. 



The Koodoo is characterized by its curiously twisted horns. 

 It inhabits South Africa, and is exceedingly handsome and 

 graceful. 



* These are so proverbially beautiful as to give rise to the expression 

 1 gazelle-eyed." (See Moore's Lalla Rookh The Fire-Worshippers.) 



