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last, but cannot keep up a long run, coming speedily to 

 bay, and defending themselves with their long horns. 



We have now reacned tne last form among the 

 Antelopine animals, and also among those which our 

 guiding author has placed in a manner by themselves, 

 combining a variety of characters, but having one in 

 particular, the shoulders always standing considerably 

 higher than the croup. The three last groups of this 

 description were found in Africa. The present ani- 

 mal inhabits Northern India ; and though exhibiting 

 the same make, and, as it were, humped form at the 

 shoulders, is rather a graceful animal ; but it is a cu- 

 rious circumstance, and shews their affinity, that by 

 the native names these animals are not at all grouped 

 with the antelopes, but invariably bear some designa- 

 tion having the meaning of cow or ox, with some ac- 

 cessory attached, derived from their colour or other 

 distinguishing mark. It will be illustrated by 



