1&2 LETTER XIX. 



last mentioned animal, to which it bears a striking re* 

 semblance, 



THE CHEVROTAIN, OR LITTLE GUINEA DEER, 



Cannot^ however, be omitted, as it is not only the 

 smallest, but also the most beautiful of all the ante- 

 lope kind, artel indeed of all the cloven-footed quad- 

 rupeds. It is no larger than a half-grown cat, but in 

 its shape it is elegant beyond description. Its fore- 

 legs, at the smallest part, do not much exceed the 

 thickness of a tobacco-pipe : its horns are straight, 

 scarcely two inches long, and of a shining jet black. 

 The colour of some' of these elegant little animals, is 

 a reddish brown, of others a beautiful yellow, and 

 their hair is short and exceeding glossy ----These hand- 

 some little creatures are natives of Senegal, and other 

 hot parts of Africa. They are also found in India, 

 as well as in Ceylon, and many others of the 1 oriental 

 islands ; but they can subsist only in a hot climate, 

 and are too delicate to be kept alive in Europe. 



These are only a few of the varieties of the gazelle 

 kind, of which the ramifications and subdivisions are 

 iihno it innumerable. They are, however, sufficient to 

 excite you to admire the unlimited power, incompre- 

 hensible wisdom, and diffusive goodness of the Great 

 Creator, displnye'J in the prolific energy of Nature. 

 W : uh ailection and esteem, 



I am, dear Sir, 



Your's, &c\ 



LETTER XIX. 



,.., ' Unhartx ur'd now, the royal stag forsakes 

 His wonted lair; ho shakes hrt dappled sides, 

 And tosses high his beamy head the copse 

 . Beneath his antlers bends." 



SOMERVII.LB, 

 D'EA'A 'SIR, 



.PERMIT ir.o, at thin renewal of o :r correspondence . 

 to entertain you v/itii a few observations on a race of 

 u.i.iiTials, whiv. h seeth designed by the Creator to- em- 

 bellish the iV;c-3; u-ii animate the solitudes of rmcul- 



