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THE ALGAZEL. 



Antilope besoartria PALLAS. 



PLATE XXIV. 



Algazelle, Fred. Cuv. Mammiferes Oryx Bezoastica, 



Ham. Smith, in Griff. Cuvier, iv. 191, and Synopsis. 



THE prevailing colour of the body of this animal is 

 pale fawn colour, darkest on the back, and on the 

 belly and limbs approaching nearly to white. The 

 head is white, with two spots or marks of dull grey, 

 which run from the base of the horns, and unite on 

 the lower jaw, which they surround. In some spe- 

 cies, the markings about the head, and on the flanks, 

 are very dark, as in the species represented, where 

 they are of a deep chestnut-brown. The horns were 

 about twenty-eight inches in length, in the species 

 figured by Fred. Cuvier, and slightly curved back- 

 wards ; but by Major Smith they are stated as being 

 three feet in length. They are ringed at the base, 

 and although bending backwards, have a much 

 straighter appearance than any of those we have 

 seen, and are also more slender. The height at the 

 shoulder is about three feet and a half. It inhabits 

 Senegal, and it is from this animal, as the trivial 

 name implies, that the celebrated bezoar stones were 



