THE COMMON ANTELOPE. 6l 



Description, &.c. 



THE COMMON ANTELOPE. 



THE antelope, properly so called, is somewhat 

 less than the fallow deer. Its horns, which are 

 remarkable for a beautiful double flexion, are 

 about fifteen inches long, and surrounded with 

 prominent rings almost to the top, where they 

 are about a foot distant from point to point. 

 The general colour is brown, mingled with red; 

 but the belly arid inside of the thighs are white. 

 It is a native of Barbary, and all the northern 

 parts of Africa. w.H 



This beautiful animal is about two feet and a 

 half high, and about three feet in length. The 

 distance of its horns, at the base, is about one 

 inch : from thence they gradually diverge to the 

 distance of five inches, then turn inwards, and 

 approach within about three inches of each other 

 at the points: they are of a deep black, annulated 

 about half way up from the base, smooth towards 

 the top, and tapering to a sharp point. 



The general colour of the back and sides is a 

 light brown ; the breast, belly, and inside of the 

 limbs, are white, as is also the head, with the ex- 

 ception of a dark brown stripe, extending from 

 each corner of the mouth to the base of the 

 horns : a stripe of the same colour also runs from 

 the shoulders to the haunches, forming a boun- 

 dary between the snowy whiteness of the belly 



