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than either. The form is more elegant than that of the 

 first, and the structure more robust than in the second. 

 The horns are about a foot in length, measured along 

 the. curve, five inches in circumference at base, com- 

 pressed, nearly flat on the inside and roundish on the out- 

 side, having small horny pearls scattered principally on 

 the internal surface, among transverse wrinkles and striae : 

 they stand in a tufted base nearly between the orbits, and 

 two inches asunder, directed vertically, but hanging 

 slightly over the eyes. They carry the same thickness up- 

 wards about seven inches, where the anterior part termi- 

 nates in a compressed and striated snag, pointed forwards 

 and upwards, forming a fork with the posterior part, 

 which becomes suddenly round, taper, and smooth, and 

 turns backwards and inwards, ending in an obtusely 

 pointed hook ; their colour is a brownish-black, the horny 

 substance thin at the base and slightly translucent, and 

 the hollow within sufficient to admit the two fore-fingers ; 

 the eyes are large, dark, and placed high in the head ; the 

 nose is small, slightly convex, and ovine ; the forehead 

 broad and flat, the edges of the orbits solid and prominent: 

 no suborbital sinus is visible. The ears are six inches 

 long, narrow, pointed, fawn-coloured outside, and lined 

 with long white hair ; at the back of the head the hair 

 rises, and forms a kind of tuft of a reddish colour ; the 

 forehead, nose, temples, neck, back, and hams, are of a 

 foxy-dun colour, with the sides paler ; the lips, chin, two 

 spots on the throat, one on the top of the head, one below 

 the ear, the breast and belly, are yellowish-white ; the disk 

 on the buttocks, and the longish hair of the tail purer 

 white : all the legs are of a bright ochre colour. The ani- 

 mal measures about three feet at the shoulder and croup, 

 the form of the joints and limbs indicating great powers 

 and activity ; the shanks or cannon bones of the hind-legs 

 are longer in proportion, than in other ruminants of the 



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