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branching head of solid horns that are naturally 

 deciduous, the other has black, unbranching, hol- 

 low horns, that never fall. The bubalus is com- 

 mon enough in Barbary, and has often been 

 called by the name of the Barbary Cow, from 

 which animal it differs so widely. It partakes 

 pretty much of the nature of the antelope ; like 

 that having the hair short, the hide black, the 

 ears pointed, and the flesh good for food. 



The second anomalous animal of the goat kind 

 M. Buffon calls the Condoma. It is supposed to 

 be equal in size to the largest stag, but with hol- 

 low horns like those of the goat kind, and with 

 varied flexures like those of the antelope. They 

 are above three feet long, and at their extremities 

 about two feet asunder. All along the back there 

 runs a white list, which ends at the insertion of 

 the tail ; another of the same colour crosses this 

 at the bottom of the neck, which it entirely sur- 

 rounds; there are two more of the same kind 

 running round the body, one behind the fore- 

 legs, and the other running parallel to it before 

 the hinder. The colour of the rest of the body 

 is greyish, except the belly, which is white: it 

 has also a long grey beard ; and its legs, though 

 long, are well proportioned. 



The third that may be mentioned he calls the 

 Guiba. It resembles the gazelles in every parti- 

 cular, except in the colour of the belly, which, as 

 we have seen, is white in them, but in this is of a 

 deep brown. Its horns, also, are not marked 

 with annular prominences, but are smooth and 

 polished. It is also remarkable for white lists, 



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