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except that the horns are much longer, being 

 generally three feet from the point to the inser- 

 tion, whereas in the common gazelle they are 

 not above a foot; they are smaller also and 

 straighter, till near the extremities, when they 

 turn short, with a very sharp flexure ; they are 

 black and smooth, and the annular prominences 

 are scarcely observable. The eighth is called the 

 Pazan, or, by some, the Bezoar Goat; which 

 greatly resembles the former, except a small va- 

 riety in their horns ; and also with this difference, 

 that as the algazel feeds upon the plains, this is 

 only found in the mountains. They are both 

 inhabitants of the same countries and climate, 

 being found in Egypt, Arabia, and Persia. This 

 last is the animal famous for that concretion in 

 the intestines or stomach, called the Oriental 

 Bezoar, which was once in such repute all over 

 the world for its medicinal virtues. The word 

 hezoar is supposed to take its name either from 

 the pazan or pazar, which is the animal that pro- 

 duces it, or from a word in the Arabic language 

 which signifies antidote or counter-poison. It is a 

 stone of a glazed blackish colour, found in the 

 stomach or the intestines of some animal, and 

 brought over to us from the East Indies. Like 

 all other animal concretions, it is found to have a 

 kind of nucleus or hard substance within, upon 

 which the external coatings were formed; for, 

 upon being cut through, it is seen to have layer 

 over layer, as in an onion. This nucleus is of 

 various kinds ; sometimes the buds of a shrub, 

 sometimes a piece of stone, and sometimes a 



