416 THE ANTI LOPES, 



fequent article, we fliall give the hiftory of thefe 

 American animals under their true names, Ma- 

 zone, Temamafame, &c. and fhall here confine 

 ourfelves entirely to the animals of this genus 

 which are found in Africa and Afia : For the 

 fame reafon, we fhall refer to the following 

 article feveral other African and Afiatic animals, 

 which have been regarded as antilopes or goats, 

 though they appear to be intermediate fpecies, 

 fuch as the bubalus, or Barbary cow, the con- 

 doma, the guib, the grimm, 8cc. without inclu- 

 ding the chevrotains or muiks, which have a 

 great refemblance to the fmalleft goats or anti- 

 lopes : Of thefe laft we fhall likevvife make a 

 feparate article. 



It is now eafy to perceive the difficulty of ar- 

 ranging and diftinguifhing all thefe animals, 

 which are thirty in number, ten goats, twelve or 

 thirteen antilopes, three or four bubali, and as 

 many mufks. Many of them were unknown 

 to the naturalifts, or exhibited in promifcuous 

 groups; and the whole have been confounded 

 with each other by travellers. This, indeed, is 

 the third time I have written the hiftory of 

 thefe animals ; and, I acknowledge, that the 

 labour overbalanceth the produce. I have the 

 fatisfaction, however, of having made every 

 poffible ufe of the knowledge and materials I 

 could acquire. 



With regard to the gazelles, from comparing 

 all that has been faid of them, both by the an- 

 cients 



