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burgh Collection, and is in a very perfect state of 

 preservation. The colour generally is an agreeable 

 dark grey ; the colour is composed by two or three 

 tints on each hair, black, brownish, and white ; and 

 although at a little distance, the general shade is pro- 

 duced, an inspection within a few yards shews as it 

 were a speckled appearance. The hair is not thick, 

 and is of a more rigid texture than in many of the 

 antelopes. The horns are seven or eight inches long, 

 round, the curve directed forward, and the base in- 

 distinctly rigid. The head, legs, and under parts of 

 the body are of a much darker shade than the body, 

 in many species nearly approaching to black. There 

 is rather a strong mane, and the breast or dewlap is 

 tufted with long pendulous black hairs. The legs 

 are curiously marked by a transverse white mark in 

 front, and by a second patch opposite to the accessory 

 hoofs on the inner side. These are very conspicu- 

 ous on the dark legs, and look like the traces or ana- 

 logy to the peculiar colouring of some other animals. 

 The female also, in Edinburgh, is of a pale reddish - 

 fawn colour, rather less, and without horns. The 

 young males are said to be of a similar tint. 



Mr Bennet mentions, that in captivity it is gentle, 

 and licked the hands of those who offered it bread, 

 suffering itself to be played with, not only with- 

 out shyness, but with evident pleasure. When 

 meditating an attack, it falls suddenly on its fore- 

 knees, shuffles onward in that posture until it has 

 advanced to within a few paces of the object of its 



