62 HORNS OF ANTELOPES. 
from the Bull or Ox genus, and upon the 
other from the Deer; in the one respect by 
its horns, and in the other by its muzzle?” 
The ladies confessed that they had not yet 
made the observation; and Mr. Dartmouth 
thus explained his meaning: 
“*T shall say nothing at present,” added 
that gentleman, ‘‘ of the manner in which 
the horns of the Antelope at once differ from 
those of the Deer, and make approaches to- 
wards those of the Ox ; but only beg of you 
‘ to remark, how very observable is the pecu- 
liar setting-on of the horns, in the instance of 
the Antelope! Look at this Nyl-Ghau, and 
look at what is called the Common Ante- 
lope,* in the western division of the Gar- 
den; and look at all the other animals which 
you meet with, of the kind properly to be 
called Antelopes; and you will observe, that 
while their horns partially approach those of — 
the Ox, as well in their figure, as in their 
texture, and their permanence, they differ as 
much from those of the Ox, as from those of 
the Deer, in the manner in which they are 
set upon the head! Look at the Zebu, and 
* Capra cervicapra.— Linn. 
