RUMINANTIA. 



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CatoUepas* the Gnu. 



It is true Mr. Burchell is inclined to deny 

 that there is anything extraordinary in the form of 

 this animal; "it is an Antelope, and that is all." 



GNU (CatoUepas Gnu). 



But the contrary opinion, not of compilers, but of 

 those who, like himself, have seen the creature in 

 its native plains, has been too often expressed to be 

 lightly set aside. Mr. Pringle considers it the link 

 between the Buffalo and the Antelope, while others 



* K.KTOC., kata, downward, and 



, blcpo^ to look. 



