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VERTEBRATA. 



THE BLAUW-BOC. 



the great pyramid at Mempnis, where a whole group of them is depicted, some being driven or 

 poshed forward, and others led by the horns or by a cord about the neck, apparently by way of 

 tribute from some subject or conquered nation. With one exception these representations are in 

 profile, so that only one horn is seen. 



The Eta at or I>LArw-I>or, Antilope leucophcea, is six feet long, three feet seven inches high, has 

 round horns curved backward, and is of a bluish-black color, whence its name, which signifies 

 Blue Buck. It is also sometimes called the Blue Antilope. It lives in pairs or small families in 

 the open plains of Southern and Western Africa, is exceedingly swift, and when wounded is dan 

 gerous. It- flesh is eaten but is not relished. The French of Senegainbia call it Vache Brune, 

 and the Joliffs, Kob or Koba. 



The Taklniilzi' of the Beehuanas — Antilope barbata — is a wild and ferocious but beautiful va- 

 riety of the preceding. 



The A. equina of (u'offroy is also a variety of Blauw-Boc. 



The Black Buck, (Egocerus Niger, is black, with a white face marked with a dark streak; 

 the female and young are brown. It is found in Southern Africa. 



(Jams (AZKLLK: <>uzdla. — These animals are distinguished for their graceful forms and 

 delicate limbs; their horns arc black, shiny, and lyrate, and smaller in the female than the male; 

 the lace is conical and tapering; the fur short and close. 



The Gazelle, Gazella Dorcas — the Gazelle of Buffon — the animal he describes as a distinct 

 ies and( r the name of Corinne being the female of this species. It is three feet and a half 

 long, twenty-two inches high, the horns nine inches long; the ears arc long, narrow, and pointed, 

 tin- form light and elegant; the general color is a yellowish-red, with white patches and dark 

 stripes on parts of the body; beneath it is white. It is found in Egypt and Barbary, where it 

 lives in large troops upon the borders of the cultivated country, and also in the deserts. When 

 pursued it flies to some distance, then stops to gaze a moment at the hunters, and again renewi 

 it- flight The flock, when attacked collectively, disperse in all directions, but soon unite, and 

 when brought to hay defend themselves with courage and obstinacy, uniting in a close circle, 

 with the female-. ;i nd fawns in the center, and presenting their horns at all points to their enej 

 raies; yet, notwithstanding their courage, they are the common prey of the lion and panther, and 

 are hunted with greal perseverance by the Arabs and Bedouins of the desert. When taken young 

 they are easily domesticated, and Boon become familiar. This animal is frequently cut upon the 

 monuments of Egypl and Nubia. 



