408 THE ANTILOPES, 



horns are very long, pretty thin, and they bend 

 little till toward their extremities. They are 

 black and almoft fmooth, the rings being very 

 flight, except near the bale, where they are bet- 

 ter marked. They are near three feet in length, 

 while thofe of the gazelle or common antilope 

 exceed not one foot ; thofe of the kevel are 

 fourteen or fifteen inches ; and thofe of the co- 

 rine are only fix or feven inches. 



The eighth animal is commonly called the he- 

 zoar antilope *; and it is denominated Pa/on by 

 the eaftern nations, which lait name we mail 

 preferve. The horns of this antilope are very 

 well reprefented in the German Ephemerides f, 



and 



The Egyptian antilope has flraight {lender horns, near 

 three feet long, and annulated. At their bafe, there is a tri- 

 angular black foot, bounded on each fide with white. A 

 black line extends from the neck to the loins. The neck, 

 back, and fides, are of a dark gray colour. The breaft and 

 belly are white. The tail is about two feet long, terminated 

 with black hairs. The length of the whole fkin is fix feet ; 

 Pennanf s fynopf. of quad. p. 25. 



Gazella Indica cornibus reiflis, longilTimis, nigris, prope 

 caput tantum annulatis ; Rail fynopf. quad. p. 79. 



Capra gazella, cornibus teretibus, recliffimis, longiffimis, 

 bad annulatis; Linn. fyjl. nat. p. 96. 



La gazelle des Indes ; Briffon, quad. p. 43. 



f Miffum mihi Hamburgo his diebus fuit ab amico 



Schellamero cornu capri Bezoardici. Longitu- 



dinc et facie qua hie depingitur, durum ac rigidum, fibris 

 reclis per longitudinem cornu excurrentibus tanquam callis 

 (nefcio an aetatis indicibus) ad medium circiter, ubi fenfum 

 elanguefcunt quafi, aut planiores redduntur, exafperatum ; 

 mtus cavu m, pendens uncias 0^0 cum duabus drachmis. 



Jacobus 



