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carrots in my hand, with which I fed her ; then turning 

 to the cows, lying at some distance, who had come 

 with her to afford a supply of milk for her on the voy- 

 age, I began to give some to them. Without moving 

 her legs from the place where I had left her, she 

 stretched her long neck and head over my head, and 

 hooking the carrots up with her tongue, surprised me 

 not a little, for I could not tell what shadow was 

 coming over me. She was as fond of onions as of 

 carrots ; and this is not surprising, for they are very 

 sweet and mild in her native country. Her Darfur 

 attendant, Ati, slept in a gallery at the top of her 

 stables, and there was very little repose for him after 

 daylight. She routed him up with her nose, and seemed 

 to think, because she was stirring, he ought also to be 

 on the alert. This was rather against his ideas on the 

 subject, as he was apt to stay out late at the dances in 

 the neighbouring guinguettes; and he used to complain, 

 all the time loving her very dearly. 



ANTELOPES. 



THE many characters which Antelopes possess in 

 common with deer seem to place them together ; but 

 naturalists have ranked them among those Ruminantia 

 who have hollow horns. They are some of the most 

 beautiful animals in the world, and are subdivided into 

 sections, which depend on the shape of their horns, but 

 into which classification the present work does not 

 enter. The exquisite Gazelle, the type of Eastern 

 beauty, the poet's theme, with her slight and graceful 

 shape, her slender limbs, and her full dark eyes, of tea 



