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Major Smith has placed next in order, an animal 

 of which we have at present no distinct account. It 

 appears pretty certain that there exists in central and 

 unexplored Africa, a rather large Bovlae animal, for 

 we have indications of it by various travellers, which 

 do not agree with any of the known species. Major 

 Smith met with a drawing in the collection of Prince 

 John Maurice of Nassau, which bears some appear- 

 ance of being drawn from this animal. The de- 

 scription of the drawing, a young male, is as follows ; 

 but that is all we yet know regarding an animal 

 which may prove of considerable interest " A 

 young male, the horns lying across the summit of 

 the head ; the tips turned up ; colour darkish, with 

 obscure transverse ridges ; head very short, thick, 

 abrupt at the nose ; forehead wide ; eyes large and 

 full ; neck with a dense mane ; ears long, flaccid, 

 pendulous ; tail to below the houghs covered with 

 long woolly black hair; general colour deep brown, 

 feet white. Inhabits Congo, Angola, and central 

 Africa.'* 



The late Caffre wars have increased the scarcity 

 of all large game ; and letters from the outposts of 

 the new territory describe the country as totally for- 

 saken, the herds of large animals being driven off to 

 seek quiet and retirement. 



Another animal, which is yet little known, stands 

 in our systems under the title of Bos pegasus. The 

 Griffith's Synopsis. 



