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the Gazella, properly so called, which is of the 

 size of the roebuck, and very much resembling it 

 in all the proportions of its body, but entirely dif- 

 fering, as was said, in the nature and fashion of 

 the horns, which are black and hollow like those 

 of the ram or the goat, and never fall. The se- 

 cond he calls the Kevel, which is rather less than 

 the former ; its eyes also seem larger ; and its 

 horns, instead of being round, are flatted on the 

 sides, as well in the male as the female. The 

 third he calls the Corm, which very much resem- 

 bles the two former, but that it is still less than 

 either. Its horns also are smaller in proportion, 

 smoother than those of the other two, and the 

 annular prominences belonging to the kind are 

 scarcely discernible, and may be rather called 

 wrinkles than prominences. Some of these ani- 

 mals are often seen streaked like the tiger. These 

 three are supposed to be of the same species. The 

 fourth he calls the Zeiran, the horns only of 

 which he has seen ; which, from their size, and 

 the description of travellers, he supposes to be- 

 long to a larger kind of the gazelle, found in 

 India and Persia under that denomination. 



The fifth he calls the Koba, and the sixth the 

 Kob ; these two differ from each other only in 

 size, the former being much larger than the lat- 

 ter. The muzzle of these animals is much 

 longer than those of the ordinary gazelle ; the 

 head is differently shaped, and they have no de- 

 pressions under the eyes. The seventh he calls 

 after its Egyptian name, the Algazel ; which is 

 shaped pretty much like the ordinary gazelle, 



