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the crown and below the throat, are larger and darker, 

 approaching to chestnut ; the tip of the tail the same 

 colour, and the black hoofs are all the other contrast 

 to the prevailing tint of white. The horns are above 

 two feet in length, black, spirally twisted, and ringed 

 on the forward aspect. The height of this animal 

 at the shoulder is fully three feet. At some seasons 

 the colour of the animal is a dull grey, as represented 

 in the reclining animal. 



The only other animal probably belonging to the 

 Oryxes, is the 0. kemas of Smith, of which scarcely 

 any thing is known except the horns, which are figured 

 by the Major. The hair is said to be long and 



ample, a variation from all the others which are natives 

 of the Tropics, and it is supposed that it is an inhabi- 

 tant of Alpine India, and that it might be the uni- 

 corn of the ancient Persians. 



Our next group is of very beautiful form, and one 

 often alluded to by the Eastern poets, as representing 

 a light and airy carriage, and an expression of mild- 

 ness and beauty. The Gazelles have the horns com- 

 mon to both sexes. They are often of a lyrate form, 

 and either annulated or seriated, and the bony core is 

 solid. They have a smaA lachrymal sinus, often tufts 



