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felves, we are led to conclude, 1. That the com- 

 mon gazelle, the kevel, and the corine, are only- 

 three varieties of the fame fpecies; 2. That 

 the tzeiran, koba, and kob, are varieties of ano- 

 ther fpecies ; 3. That the algazel and pafan are 

 probably two varieties of the fame fpecies; and 

 that the name of bezoar gazelle , which has been 

 given to the pafan, is not a di(lin<ftive character ; 

 for I fhall afterwards prove, that the Oriental 

 bezoar is not produced by the pafan alone, but 

 by all the gazelles and goats which inhabit the 

 mountains of Afia ; 4. That the nanguers, 

 whofe horns are bended forward, and of which 

 there are two or three varieties, have been point- 

 ed out by the ancients under the name of dama; 

 5. That the ant dopes, which are three or four 

 in number, and differ from all the others by the 

 double flexion of their horns, werelikewife known 

 to the ancients, and mentioned under the names 

 of Strepficeros * and Addax. All thefe animals 

 are found in Afia and Africa. To thefe five 

 principal fpecies, which contain twelve diftincT: 

 varieties, I will not add two or three other fpe- 

 cies of the New World, to which the vap-ue 



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name of gazelle, or antilopc, has been given, 

 though they differ from all thofe formerly ta- 

 ken notice of. This would be to augment a con- 

 fufion which is already too great. In the fub- 



fequent 



* Ere&a autem ccrnua, rugarumque ambitu contorta, et in. 

 kve faftigium exacuta (ut Lyras diceres) Strepficeroti, quern 1 

 Addacem Africa appellate Plin. Hijl. nat. lib. n. cap. 37. 



