414 THE ANTI LOPES, 



ofFenfive weapon, compofed of two fharp horns, 

 about a foot and a half long, which, from their 

 double flexion, appear to belong to an antilope 

 fmaller than the others *. It mult be very- 

 common in India j for the Priefts f carry this 

 kind of weapon as a mark of dignity. We 

 fhali call it the Indian antilope, becaufe it ap- 

 pears to be only a fimple variety of the African 

 fpecies. 



Thus, among the gazelles or antilopes, we 

 have difcovered twelve fpecies, or diftinct va- 

 rieties, i. The common gazelle; 2. The ke- 

 vel ; 3. The corine; 4. The tzeiran ; 5. The 

 koba, or great brown cow; 6. The kob, or 

 fmall brown cow ; 7. The algazel, or Egyptian 

 antilope; 8. The pafan, or pretended bezoar 

 animal ; 9. The nanguer, or dama of the an- 

 cients ; 10. The antilope ; 11. The lidmee ; 

 12. The Indian antilope. After a careful com- 

 parifon of thefe twelve animals among them- 



felves, 



* Mr Pennant calls this the fmooth-horned antilope ; Synopf. 

 of quad. p. 33. 



■f The Indian antilopes are not entirely like thofe of other 

 countries. They have more fpirit ; and are diftinguifhable 

 by their horns. In the common antilopes, the horns are gray, 

 and not half fo long as thofe of India, which are black, and 

 more than a foot and a half in length. They are twifted, as 

 far as the points, like a fcrew. The Faquirs and Santons 

 generally cany two of them joined together in a parallel di- 

 rection, and ufe them as fmall batons; Re/at. du voyage de 

 Thevenot, torn. 3. p. 111. — Thofe in the Marquis de Marigny's 

 cabinet are neither twifted nor annulated : They feem to have 

 been polifhcd from one end to the other. 



