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tin limns arc very long, thin, and black, nearly 

 upright, bending inuaids at their extremities; 

 they are ncaiiy smooth ; the rings with which 

 they air marked being very slight, except near 

 tlic base, where they are somewhat more distinct: 

 they arc- almost tluee feet in length. 



In celerity and general manners this species 

 :igrce, \\ith many others of its tribe, and is said to 

 -ily tamed. 



A> this Antelope is also supposed to afford a 

 IF of the best and finest kind, it may not be 

 improper here to give some general account of the 

 celebrated concretes thus named, and which Mere 

 once of such high reputation in the materia me- 

 dica, on account of various virtues which the su- 

 j>er>tition of former ages seems to have bestowed 

 upon them. 



Jit- wars are smooth, oval, or roundish, and ge- 

 nerally slightly flattened, solid concretions, which 

 are formed in the stomachs of several quadrupeds; 

 chiefly of the order Pccora or Kuminants. Those 

 found in the eastern regions have always bun 

 considered as far superior to any others. The 

 genuine oriental be/oar of the shops is commonly 

 about the size of a kidney-bean, but often far 

 larger; of an extremely smooth surface, and of a 

 dark olive-colour. When broken, it is found to 

 be composed of a number of concentric coats or 

 lamella?, each almost equally smooth with the 

 exterior: in the middle is either a cavity, or eUc 

 some powdery or fibrous matter, or some small 

 piece of a vegetable stalk, leaf, c. which seems 



