424 THE ANTIL OPES, 



white on the belly, and have a brown band 

 which feparatcs thefe two colours below the 

 flanks. Their tails are of different lengths, but 

 always garnifhed with pretty long black hair. 

 Their ears are long, erect, pretty open in the 

 middle, and terminate in a point. Their feet 

 are cloven, and fhaped nearly like thofe of the 

 fheep. Both males and females have perma- 

 nent horns ; but thofe of the females are thin- 

 ner and fhorter. 



Thefe are all the facts we have been able to 

 collect concerning the different fpecies of ga- 

 zelles, and their natural dilpofitions and man- 

 ners. We fhall now inquire with what proprie- 

 ty naturaiifts have afcribed to one of thefe ani- 

 mals only, the production of the famous ftone, 

 called the Oriental bezoar, and whether this ani- 

 mal be the pqfen or pazan, which they have men- 

 tioned fpecihcally under the name of the bezoar 

 gazelle. In examining the figures and defcrip- 

 tion * given by Koempfer, v/ho has written 



much 



* Repertus in novenni hirco IapHltts voti me fecit quodam- 

 modo compotem ; dico quodammodo, nam in beilia quam comes 

 mens fmdebat, inteftina, a me ipfo diligentiffime perquifita, 

 nullum lapidem continebant. Pronior akeri apparebat for- 

 tuna qui a nobis longius remotus feram a fe transfofiam dum 

 rne non expectato diirecaret, iapillum reperit elegantiffimum, 



tametfi molis perexiguae. Adeptus lapidem, antequam 



adeffem Koempfer, amoenit. /. 392. Bezoard orien- 



talis legitimus. Lapis bezoard orientalis verus et pretiofus, 



perfice Pafahr, ex quo nobis vox bezoard enataeft. — Patria ejus 



praecipua eftPerfidis provinciaLaar. — Ferax praeterea Choraf- 



'. eiTe dicitur. — Gcnitiix, eft fera quaedam montana caprini 



eeneris 



