2 UNICORNS IN ABYSSINIA. 
do to-day among ourselves ; and it :s what 
I am in possession of American Indians’ 
drawings, carvings, and sculptures, to show, 
has been always done in the Western world, 
as well as in the Eastern, I shall not 
now say more, of the figure of the paint- 
ed Unicorn, than to add, that to its confu- 
sion with the figure of the Antelope we owe, 
not only its cloven hoofs and annulated 
horn, but its beard, the tuft of hair upon its 
tail, and the setting of its single horn so 
low upon its forehead. I have already called 
upon you to observe, that this situation of 
the horns of the Antelope distinguishes the 
species so readily from the species of the Ox, 
as to excite our wonder that it has not re- 
ceived considerable attention from professed 
Zoologists at least, if not from mankind in 
general, in all ages, and in all countries.” 
“‘ It seems clear,” said Mrs. Aston, “ that 
the Unicorn of Job is an animal peculiarly 
distinguishable for its strength, if not for its 
indocility, and such as can have no resem- 
blance to even the most powerful of the An- 
telopes. It is mentioned in Job, only as an 
example of the limited powers of man.” 
