68 ANTELOPES.—GAZELLES. 
length, from head to tail, but twenty-twe. 
Its colour was uniform, its coat beautifully 
sleek, its body extremely graceful, its head 
and neck peculiarly light and airy, its ears 
highly flexible, its eyes most quick and bril- 
liant, and its legs as slender as a reed. It 
has been said that, in the figurative language 
of the Arabs, to resemble a Gazelle is to pos- 
sess perfect beauty. These elegant little 
animals are spread, in innumerable herds, 
from Arabia to the banks of the river Sene- 
gal, in Africa; and though you eat the flesh 
of so many pretty creatures yourselves, you 
will lament to hear, that the Gazelle is the 
constant prey of the Lions, Panthers, and 
Leopards, and of hunters who chase them 
with the Dog, Hunting Leopard, and Fal- 
con !” 
“Oh, yes!” cried Jane, ‘‘ I am so sorry 
for the poor Gazelles! But Antelopes, Uncle, | 
have two horns; and why, therefore, should 
they have been called Unicorns ?” 
There is scarcely a stronger example of 
the errors and confusion of Natural History, 
than that which is presented in all that con- 
nects itself with the Unicorn. The Unicorn, 
