406 THEANTILOPES, 



Senegal, where the French give it the denomi- 

 nation of the great broivn coiv. The fecond, 

 which we ihall call Kob *, is alfo a native of 

 Senegal, and called the J mall broivn coiv by the 

 French. The horns of the kob have a great re- 

 iemblance to thofe of the gazelle and kevel. 

 But the form of the head is different ; the muzzle 

 is longer, and there are no pits under the eyes. 

 The koba is much larger than the koh. The 

 latter is about the fize of a fallow-deer ; and 

 the former is as large as the flag. From the 

 information of M. Adanfon, it appears, that the 

 koba is five fee: long from the extremity of the 

 muzzle to the origin of the tail ; that the head 

 is fifteen inches long, the ears nine, and the 

 horns from nineteen to twenty ; and that the 

 horns are compreffed on the fides, and furround- 

 ed with eleven or twelve rings ; whilft thole of 

 the kob have only eight or nine rings, and ex- 

 ceed not a foot in length. 



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fmooth and fliarp. The head is large and elqaify, being 

 eighteen inches in length ; the ears are feven inches long. 

 The head and body are of a light reddiih brown. Down the 

 hind part of the neck, there is a narrow black lift. The rump 

 is a dirty white. On each knee, and above the fetlock, there 

 is a dulky mark. The hoofs are fmail. The tail is a foot 

 long, covered with coarfe black hairs, which hang far beyond 

 the end. The length of the whole fkin, which I bought at 

 Amfterdam, was feven feet ; Pwnanfs Synopf of quad. p. 38. 

 * The horns of the kob, or Gambian antilope, are thirteen 

 inches long, five inches and a half round at the bottom, very 

 diftant in the middle, and pretty clofe at the bafe and points, 

 They are furrounded with eight or nine rings, and are 

 fmooth at their upper part j Pennant'} Synopf of quad. p. 39. 



