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the same colour is continued do\\u the upper part 

 of the neck : the lower part of the h;ick is marked 



by a white stripe, from which j eed m 



others, each about an inch hroad, down the sides 

 or' tlie animal, three or four of them falling over 

 the. upper part of the thighs : along the top of the 

 neck and back runs a kind of loose mane or ridge 

 of hair of greater length than on other parts, and 

 a much longer one proceeds from the throat down 

 the breast : the tail somewhat resembles that of 

 an ass, au<l is terminated by long flocky hairs: 

 the horns are of a slightly compressed form, and 

 are marked in a singular manner by a strongly 

 prominent spiral ridge, running in a very oblique 

 direction from the base to the point: their surface 

 is naturally somewhat roughish, but tho>e which 

 are generally seen in Museums appear to have 

 been rubbed or smoothed, so as to appear with a 

 polished surface: they are nearly four feet long, 

 and are very close at their bases, and alxmt two 

 feet and a half distant at the tips. The female of 

 this species is said by Mr. Pennant to be destitute 

 of horns, but Dr. Pallas atiirms that it is horned 

 like the male. The number of white stripes in 

 this animal seems to vary. In that ligured in the 

 work of Mr. Schrcbcr there are only four stripes 

 on each side the hotly ; while in that f .Mr. Pen- 

 nant are nine : two \\hite stripes also run on ( 

 side the cheek in the former figure, while in the 

 latter are merely a few interrupted 

 a lower or secondary stripe : indeed Mr. Kiockiur, 

 in his description of the animal, informs us that he 



