4i8 THE ANT IL OPES, 



to fome fpecies of gazelle different from the 

 clorcas Lybica, or common gazelle, and from the 

 ftrepficeros or antdope, which are alfo mentioned 

 by the fame authors. We are, therefore, led to 

 conclude, that the pygargus denotes the algazel 

 or Egyptian gazelle, which muft have been 

 known to the Greeks as well as the Hebrews ; 

 for we find the name pygargus applied, in the 

 Septuagint verfion *, to a quadruped which is rec- 

 koned among the pure animals whole flefh might 

 be eaten. Hence the Jews eat the pygargus, or 

 that fpecies of gazelle which is moil common in 

 Egypt and the adjacent countries. 



Dr Ruffel, in his Natural Hiftory of Aleppo, 

 tells us, that, in the neighbourhood of that city, 

 there are two kinds of gazelles ; the one, called 

 the mountain gazelle, which is the mod beauti- 

 ful, and whofe hair on the neck and back is of a 

 deep brown colour; the other, called the gazelle 

 df the plains , which is neither fo nimble, nor fo 

 handfoine as the nrft, and whofe hair is of a 

 pale colour. He adds, that theie animals are fo 

 fwift, and run fo long, that the beft hounds 

 cannot take them, without the affiftance of a 

 falcon ; that, though the gazelles are meager in 

 winter, their flefh is excellent ; that, in fummer, 

 it is loaded with fat like that of the fallow deer; 

 that thofe fed in houfes are not fuch good 

 eating as the wild ones, &c. From the teftimo- 



nies 



* Deu'teron. chap. 14. 



