mSK>K\ 01' Ol'ADKl'I'l' D.s. 89, 



to tli'- head, as almost to penetrate the skull. These 

 are, in every respect, similar to the Dwarf (mat 

 found in Africa; and, according to Buffon, have 



been sent from that country. It is certain that, 

 before the discover) <>! America by the Spaniards, 

 the (ioat, and e\ er\ other domestic animal, were 

 unkno\\ n there. 



Till GAZELLES, <>K AiNTELOPES, 



I'm si an- a numerous and beautiful race of ani- 

 mals, inhabiting the hottest parts of the globe. 

 I he\ are classed, l>\ systematic writers, with the 

 i kind; and, like them, have hollow horns, 

 which the\ never cast: in other respects the\ 

 greatly resemble the Deer, especially in the ele- 

 gance of their form and the swiftness of their 

 motions. I he\ are of a restless and timid disposi 

 tion, remarkably a^ile; their boundings are so 

 liv>-ht and elastic, as to strike the spectators with 

 astonishment. 



( )f all animals, the ( ia/elle h.is the most beautiful 

 eye; to which the eastern poets have made fre- 

 (|iient allusions, in describing those of their favourite 

 beauties. 



The distinguishing m. irks of this tribe ot animals, 

 in which they differ both from the Goat and Deer, 

 are principally these: Their horns are" different, 

 boinjj annulated or ringed round, and at the same 

 time marked with longitudinal depressions or fur- 

 ious, running from the base to the point: besides 

 the extreme beauty and meekness of its aspect, the 

 lie is more delicately and finely limbed than 

 the Roe-IUuk; its hair is finer and more glossy: 

 its swiftness is so great, that the Greyhound, the 

 fleetest of Dogs, is unequal to the course; and the 



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