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lemy, where it is called by the title of /ferr- 

 bury CV/u 1 , / Wt7/f </t- Jini'b<irie. The specimen de- 

 scribed b\ the Academician to have been a 



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very large one, since it is .said to have !.<< n of the 

 >ixc of a cow. The learned Dr. Cains, who flou- 

 rished in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, lias given 

 a good description of this animal under the name 

 of Butdapkut. His description was transmitted 

 to (it-i-.u-, and may be found in that author's 

 M'ork on (jnadrnpeds. Mr. Pennant's figure MODI 

 to be taken from a young or half grown specimen 

 of the female, in which the horns had not arrived 

 at their full size. Mr. Pennant, however, is of 

 opinion, that the animal described by Dr. Pallas 

 and Mr. Allamand, under the title of Antilopc 

 Bubalis, and which, as before-mentioned, is in- 

 troduced into the present publication, is in reality 

 a dirterent species, which he deM-ribcs in the fol- 

 lowing manner, under the title of SEXLGAL A\- 



B 

 TELOPE. 



" Antelope with horns almost close at the I 

 a little above bending greatly ; then approach 

 again toward* the ends, and recede from each 

 other towards the points, which bend backwards ; 

 the distance in the middle six inches and a half; 

 above that four inches ; at the point six ; length 

 ntcen inches; circumference at the bottom 

 eight ; surrounded with fifteen prominent rings; 

 the ends smooth and sharp: the head I. 

 clur. jhticn inches long: car* .srxcn : : 



and body of a light reddish brown: do\vn the 

 hind part of the neck a narrow black list : rump 



