198 THE TOWER MENAGERIE. 
horns, by the elevation of their profile, and by their 
want of beard: characters neither essential nor infallible, 
but the best that can be offered. 
The variety figured over leaf is in one of the many 
intermediate stages between unreclaimed barbarism and 
complete domestication. It is an awkward looking crea- 
ture, high on the legs, narrow in the loins, and covered 
with a rough and shaggy coat. The back and sides are 
nearly black; the shoulders reddish brown; and the 
posterior part of the body, the haunches, the hind legs, 
and the tail, white; as are also the ears, which are rather 
large, the nose, and a spot over each eye. The horns, 
although the specimen is a male, are remarkably small, 
and enclose the ears within their curve. If the ears are 
freed from their confinement, the animal becomes very 
uneasy, and never rests until he has succeeded in re- 
placing them, which he cannot accomplish without 
considerable difficulty. He was presented to the Mena- 
gerie by Lord Liverpool about six years ago, and is 
extremely mild in his temper. 
