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lefs raifed than thofe of the gazelle and ke- 

 vel; and, what is peculiar to the antilope, its 

 horns have a remarkably beautiful double flexion, 

 which gives them the appearance of the ancient 

 lyre. The hair of the antilope, like that of the 

 other gazelles, is yellow on the back, and white 

 on the belly : But thefe two colours are not 

 feparated below the flanks by a brown or black 

 band, as in the gazelle, kevel, corine, &c. We 

 have only a fkeleton of this animal in the royal 

 cabinet. 



In the antilope, as well as the other gazelles, 

 there feem to be different races. 1. In the roy- 

 al cabinet, there is a horn which can only be at- 

 tributed to an antilope of a much larger fize 

 than that we have been defcribing. We fhall 

 adopt the name Lidmee*, which, according to 

 Dr Shaw j", the Africans apply to the Antilopes. 

 2. We have feen in the cabinet of the Marquis 

 de Marigny, whofe tafte extends both to the 

 fine arts and to the hiftory of Nature, a kind of 



offenfive 



* The Lidmee, or brown antilope, is lefs than a roebuck ; 

 its horns refemble thofe of the laft. Its face, back, and iides, 

 are of a very deep brown, the laft bordered with tawny. 

 The belly and infide of the legs are white. Above each hoof, 

 there is a black fpot. The tail is black above, and white be- 

 neath; Pennant's fynopf. of quad. p. 32. 



t Befides the common gazelle or antilope, (which is well 

 known in Europe,) this country likewife produceth another 

 fpecies, of the fame fhape and colour, though of the bignefs 

 of our roebuck, and with horns fometimes of two feet long. 

 This the Africans cal; Lidmee, and may, I prefume, be the 

 Strepftceros and Adace of the ancients ; Shaiv's iraveff, p. 243. 



