NATURALISTS CABINET. 



Giraffe seen at Grand Cairo. 



tober, looking out at a window, he saw the Zira- 

 phus, the tallest creature that he ever beheld. 

 Its skin was all over white and brown, and its 

 neck was almost two fathoms long. Its head 

 was a cubit long, and its eyes looked brisk and 

 lively; its breast was upright, and its back low; 

 it would eat bread, fruit, or any thing else they 

 reached to it." 



The Hottentots hunt these animals principally 

 on account of their marrow, which they consider 

 as a peculiar delicacy ; and the flesh is said to be 

 good eating. 



THE NYL-GHAU. 



THIS animal seems to be of a middle nature 

 between the deer and the cow, but it is as much 

 larger than the one as it is smaller than the other. 

 It is rather more than four feet in height at the 

 shoulder ; and the horns are about seven inches 

 long, gradually tapering, and terminating in a 

 blunt point ; the male is of a dark grey colour, 

 diversified with white spots on the neck, between 

 the fore-legs, on each side behind the shoulder 

 joints, and on each fore-foot. The neck is fur- 

 nished with a short, thin, and upright mane ; and 

 on the fore part of the throat is a long tuft of 

 black hairs. The ears are remarkably large and 

 beautiful, and the head and legs are similar to 

 those of a deer; the tail is tufted at the end. 

 The female is destitute of horns, and is consider- 



