HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 119 



The height of this extraordinary animal, from the 

 crown of the head to the ground, is seventeen feet ; 

 while at the rump it measures only nine ; the neck 

 alone is seven feet long ; and the length from the 

 extremity of the tail to the end of the nose, is 

 twenty-two feet ; the fore and hind legs are nearly 

 of an equal height ; but the shoulders rise so high, 

 that its back inclines like the roof of a house : i-ts 

 neck is slender and elegant, adorned on the upper 

 side with a short mane; on the highest part of the 

 head it has two perpendicular horns, six inches 

 long, covered with hair, and round at the ends, 

 where they are encompassed with a circle of short 

 black hairs :* on the middle of the forehead there is 

 a protuberance about two inches high : its ears are 

 long, and its eyes large and beautiful. 



The colour of the male is a dark brown, with a 

 network of light grey over the neck and the Avhole 

 body; these lines on the female are of a pale yellow 

 colour. 



It is a timid and gentle creature, but not swift. 

 From the great length of its fore legs, it is obliged 

 to divide them to a great distance when it grazes, 

 which it does with some difficulty; it lives chiefly 

 by browsing on the leaves and tender branches of 

 trees; it lies on its belly, and has hard protuber- 

 ances on its breast and thighs, like the Camel; its 

 tail is similar to that of an Ox, with strong black 

 hair at the end; it is cloven-footed, has no teeth in 

 the upper jaw, and is a ruminating animal. The fe- 

 male has four teats, and is less than the male. This 

 animal was known to the Romans in early times. 



* M. Vaillant, who shot several of these animals, says, that these 

 horns differ from those of the Stag or the Ox, in being formed by a 

 continuation of the bone of the skull. 



