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merous in Tremecen, Duguela, Tell, and Zaa- 

 ra. They are cleanly animals, and never lie 

 down but in dry places. They are alfo extreme- 

 ly nimble, vigilant, and timorous. In open 

 places, they look round on all fides ; and, as 

 ibon as they perceive a man, a dog, or any other 

 enemy, they fly off with full fpeed. But, not- 

 withltanding this natural timidity, they have a 

 kind or courage; for, when furprifed, they (top 

 ihort, and face thofe who attack them. 



In general, the eyes of the gazelles are black, 

 large, vivacious, and, at the fame time, fo beau- 

 tiful, that, in the Eaftern nations, they are em- 

 ployed proverbially in praifing the eyes of a 

 fine woman *. Their limbs are finer and more 

 delicate than thofe of the roebuck. Their hair 

 is lhort, fort, and luftrous. Their fore legs are 

 not fo long as the hind ones, which enables 

 them, like the hare, to run with greater facility up 

 than down hill. Their fwiftnefs is equal to that 

 cf the roebuck ; but the latter rather leaps than 

 runs, wheieas all the gazelles run uniform- 

 ly f. Moll of them are yellow on the back and 



white 



* In the neighbourhood of Alexandria, the antilopes are 

 very numerous. This animal is a fpecies of roebuck, whofe 

 eyes are lb large, vivacious, and piercing, that tii-ey are ufed 

 figuratively in praifing the eyes of the ladies ; Defcript. de 

 V Egypt, par Maillet, torn. 2. p. 125. 



f The hair of the giercms or gazelks is like that of the fal- 

 low-deer, and they run, like the dog, without leaping- In 

 the night, they come to feed in the plains, and, in the rm 

 ing, return to the mountains; Vcyage ds Gemell't Carer,, ton ■ 

 ft. 64. 



