THE AXIS. 239. 



In height, they exceeded not two feet four inch- 

 es. The body and tail were of a dark brown co- 

 lour, and the belly and limbs of a bright yellow. 

 The legs were fhort, the horns large and gar- 

 niihed with antlers. This fpecies, though fmallcr 

 than the common fallow deer, and even than 

 the axis, is perhaps a variety only of the latter, 

 though it has no white fpots ; but, inftead of 

 thefe white fpots, it had, in fome places, large 

 yellow hairs, which had a confiderable effect up- 

 on the brown colour of the body. In fine, the 

 colour of the female was the fame as that of the 

 male ; and, it is probable, that the race might not 

 only be perpetuated in France, but that it might 

 even intermix with the axis, efpecially as both 

 thefe animals are natives of the eaftern regions 

 of Africa. 



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