420 THE ANTILOPES, 



monkind,butthe Egyptian gazelles, whofe horns 

 are upright, long, and black, and whole rlefh is 

 extremely good ; and that they are half-do- 

 meftic, having been often and very anciently 

 tamed, which, of courfe, has given rife to a 

 great number of varieties, or different races, as 

 happens in all other domeftic animals. Thefe 

 Aleppo gazelles, therefore, are the fame with 

 thole we have called algazcllcs. They are ftill 

 more common in Thebaid and Upper Egypt, 

 than in the environs of Aleppo. They feed upon 

 aromatic herbs, and the buds of trees *. They ge- 

 nerally go in flocks, orrather in families, confid- 

 ing of five or fix")*- Their cry isfimilar to that of 

 the goat. They are not only hunted with hounds, 

 who are affiled by falcons, but by the fmall 

 panther J, which we have called ounce. In fome 



places* 



* Relat. da Voyage fait ou Egypt, par Granger, p. 99. 



•f- In Egypt there are a number of antilopes. They 



commonly traverfe the mountains in flocks. The hair and 

 tail of thefe animals refemble thofe of the hind ; and their 

 fore-feet, which are fliort, refemble thofe of the fallow deer. 

 Their horns are flraight as far as the extremity, which is 

 crooked. Their cry refembles that of the other goats y 

 Voyages de Paul Lucas, torn. 3./*. 199. 



J Venantur non minus et gazellas quibus Egyptus abun- 

 dat, quarum carnes, bonitate et guftu, crapreolorum carnibus 

 fimiles exiftunt. Bifulcum animal eft, filveftre, fed quod facile 

 manfuefit, caprae fimile, colore igneo ad pallidum inclinante,- 

 duplici cornu, longo, introverfo lunae modo, et nigra ; auribus- 

 arreftis, ut in cervis, oculis magnis, oblongis, nigris, pulcher- 

 rimis. Unde in adagio apud Egyptos dicitur de pulchris 



oculis 



