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procured. These, however, are found in many others, 

 and are not even confined to this group. 



The Caffrarian Oryx CO. oryx} is another fine 

 species, remarkable for its elegance, and famed for the 

 flavour of its venison. It inhabits Southern Africa 

 in its more wooded and rocky region. The male is 

 nearly four feet high at the shoulder, and six feet in 

 length. The general colour is a vinous buff, the 

 breast, belly, and extremities white, and a black list 

 from the nape of the neck to the root of the tail. 



O. leucoryx is another beautiful animal from the 

 East, inhabiting Eastern Arabia and the deserts of 

 Persia, the body nearly pure white, the thighs from 

 rufous dusky to black upon the houghs, the former 

 with a dark band. Varying somewhat in form and 

 characters, is another beautiful animal, which has been 

 placed at the conclusion of the true Oryxes, viz. 



