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NATURAL HISTORY. 



the Greyhound can overtake it. It lives in herds, and 

 is found in Arabia and Syria. It is easily domesticated, 

 and is often seen in the court-yards of houses in Syria. 



173. The Oryx, Fig. 86 (p. 101), is a native of South 

 Africa. It is the swiftest of all animals in that region. 

 It has many of the characteristic beauties of the Ante- 

 lopes, but its tail is like that of a horse, and its horns 

 are very peculiar, being perfectly straight and of a dark 

 color. With these formidable horns, two and a half feet 

 in length, it can defend itself even against the Lion. 

 When the Lion attacks it, it lowers its horns and receives 

 him on its sharp points ; and the two have been often 

 known to die together, the Oryx by the violence of the 

 shock and the Lion from the wounds of the horns. 



174. The Kudu, Fig. 87, also a native of South Africa, 



Fig. 87 The Kudu. 



is one of the most beautiful of the Antelopes. Its horns 

 are nearly four feet long, and their spiral form adds 



