ANTELOPES.-——GAZELLES. 67 
word Antelope is spelled, sometimes Ante- 
lope, and sometimes Antzlope; that is, either 
with an e, or with an i?” 
“It has been said, that the name Pan- 
tholopos, in the ancient language of iigypt, 
signified the Unicorn; but did it do this, 
otherwise than as the Antelope was mis- 
taken for that strangely-disputed animal ? 
For my part, I suspect the word Pantho- 
lops, to be at least of Greek formation, 
and to refer to that beauty of the eye for 
which the Gazelle (the Antelope Dorcas 
of Buffon) is so much celebrated in Ara- 
bian poetry. I think that the Greeks knew 
little or nothing of the whole Antelope species, 
but through the Arabs ; and that in the name 
Pantholops, they adopted the Arabian enco- 
mium of the Gazelle. Besides, the Ante- 
lopes, through almost every variety, are dis- 
tinguished, not only for the beauty of their 
eyes, but for the quickness of their sight.” 
*¢ Ts this Antelope before us the Gazelle ?” 
‘‘ By no means. ‘This is the Common An- 
telope. Two years ago, his Majesty had a 
Gazelle at Windsor; but it is now dead. 
Its height was only twenty inches, and its 
