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at the base, where they are nearly three inches 

 thick, is one inch ; they gradually widen from 

 thence to the distance of five inches from each 

 other, when they turn inwards, so that at the tip 

 they are not above three inches and a half asunder; 

 they are of a deep black colour, annulated above 

 half \vay up ; toward the top they are quite smooth, 

 and end in a sharp point. 



The predominant colour of this animal is brown, 

 or a light rust colour: the breast, belly, and inside 

 of the limbs, are white; as is also the head, except- 

 ing a dark brow r n list, which passes from each 

 corner of the mouth, over the eyes, to the base of 

 the horns : a stripe of the same dark colour extends, 

 on each side, from the shoulders to the haunches, 

 forming a boundary between the snowy whiteness 

 of the belly and the rusty colour of the sides : the 

 buttocks are white; and from the tail half way up 

 the back, is a stripe of w r hite, bounded on each side 

 by a dark brown list: the tail, at least the lower 

 part of it, is not thicker than a goose quill; the 

 under side is quite bare; towards the tip there are 

 a few dark brown hairs, from one to two inches and 

 a half long : the ears are of an ash colour, tipt on 

 the edges with fine light grey hairs : the eye-brows 

 and whiskers are black: the hair in general is fine 

 and short; but the dark line which borders upon 

 the white consists of longer hairs, which the animal 

 is able to expand to the breadth of eight or nine 

 inches, particularly on taking a high leap. When 

 pursued, it is no less pleasant than curious to see 

 the whole herd jumping over each other's heads to 

 a considerable height: some of them will take 

 three or four high leaps successively. In this situa- 

 tion, they seem suspended in the air, looking over 



