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the varieties in the gazelle tribe, the ninth is call- 

 ed the Ranguer, and is a native of Senegal. This 

 differs somewhat in shape and colour from the 

 rest; but particularly in the shape of its horns, 

 which are straight to near the points, where they 

 crook forward, pretty much in the same manner 

 as in the chamois they crook backward. The 

 tenth variety of the gazelle is the Antelope, so 

 well known to the English, who have given it 

 the name. This animal is of the size of a roe- 

 buck, and resembles the gazelle in many par- 

 ticulars, but differs in others : it has deeper eye- 

 pits than the former ; the horns are formed dif- 

 ferently also, being about sixteen inches long, 

 almost touching each other at the bottom, and 

 spreading as they rise, so as at their tips to be 

 sixteen inches asunder. They have the annular 

 prominences of their kind, but not so distinguish- 

 able as in the gazelle ; however, they have a 

 double flexure, which is very remarkable, and 

 serves to distinguish them from all others of 

 their kind. At the root they have a tuft of 

 hair, which is longer than that of any part of 

 the body. Like others of the same kind, the 

 antelope is brown on the back, and white under 

 the belly ; but these colours are not separated 

 by the black streak which is to be found in all 

 the rest of the gazelle kinds. There are different 

 sorts of this animal, some with larger horns than 

 others, and others with less. The one which 

 makes the eleventh variety in the gazelle kind, 

 M. Buffon calls the Lidme, which has very long 

 horns j and the other, which is the twelfth and 



