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from that of the flag : But he approaches to the 

 goats by his horns, which are iimple, black, and 

 encircled with rings, for more than one half of 

 their length, &c. 



Some other travellers * have likewife men- 

 tioned this fpecies of antilope under the name 

 of geiran or jairan, which, as well as djljeren y 

 may be eafily referred to the original name 

 tzeiran. This antilope is common in South 

 Tartary, in Perfia, and Teems alio to be found 

 in the Eaft Indies ")". 



To thefe four fpecies or races of antilopes, we 

 may add other two, which have a great refem- 

 blance to them. The firit is called Koba ± in 



C c 3 Senegal, 



minentibus ; in foemina vero praeparva veil nulla; Koeinpfer t 

 a?)ioenitates, p. 404. — Note. The defcriptions here given by 

 Koempfer of the pafen and ahu, correipond not with the figure;:. 

 * Upon the route from Tauris to Kom, we faw a kind of 

 wild animals, whofe flefh was good, and the Perfians called 

 them gelrar.i or garzelles ; Voyage de Gemelli Careri, torn. 2. p, 

 63. — In the deferts of Mefopotamia, there are vait number:; 

 of antilopes, which the Turks call Jairain ; Voyage de laBoul- 

 /aye- Is- Gouz, p. 247. 



f In the forefts of Guzarat, every kind of game, or veni- 

 fon, abounds, particularly fallow-deer, roebucks, chui> and 

 wild affes ; Voyage de Manddflo> torn. 2. p. 1 9 J. 



% The horns of the Koba, or Senegal antilope, are almoft 

 clofe at the bale, and bend out greatly a little above; the/ 

 approach again towards the ends, and recede from each other 

 towards the points which bend backwards. The diltance in 

 the middle is fix inches and a half, above that, four inches, 

 at the points fix. The length of the horns is feventeen inches, 

 and the circumference at the bottom eight. They are fur^ 

 rounded with fifteen prominent rings, and the ends are 



fmooth 



