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with large square and irregularly formed spots, of a 

 yellowish-brown or fawn colour, divided from each 

 other by a narrow stripe of the pale ground colour, and 

 represented among the antelopes by the appearance 

 of the Trctgelapkus script?, and one or two others. 

 The head is adorned with three prolongations of the 

 bone, two of which, in the usual place of horns, are 

 generally described as such. They are covered with 

 a velvety skin similar to those of the deciduous horned 

 deer at their first growth, but which does not fall oif, 

 and at the tip they are surmounted by some strong 

 bristly hairs. In the adult, the internal structure is 

 hard and solid ; but in the young, Geoffrey St Hi- 

 laire observed the appearance of a cellular centre, 

 nourished by vessels. The third protuberance is in 

 the centre of the skull, and .appears as a rounded 

 knob, and is of a very spongy texture. The Ca- 

 meleopard was seen by Denham and Clapperton in 

 parties of five or six on the borders of Lake Tchad, 

 and also met with and described by Ruppel in his 

 Travels in North Africa; while those of the south 

 are frequently mentioned in the Travels of Le Vail- 

 lant and Burchell. 



In a state of nature they are timorous, and flee 

 immediately from danger, but in a state of domesti- 

 cation lose a great part of their timidity, become 

 mile* and docile, know their keeper, and take front 

 tne nana wnat is offered to them. 



