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inner canthus of the eyes, obliquely down the face ; these 

 are not provided with a lachrymary sinus : a mane of more 

 or less length runs in a reversed direction along the neck ; 

 the tail descends to the houghs, and is terminated by a 

 tuft ; long hairs hang from the throat, and even from the 

 chin, assuming in some the form of a beard. The hide is 

 black, independent of the colour of the hair, the ears are 

 long, the legs without the slender elegance of other groups, 

 but the whole of their structure remarkably powerful and 

 sinewy. 



The group is confined to South, and probably Central 

 Africa, frequenting the scattered woody districts and the 

 desert, sometimes retiring to the' forests, and living in 

 small families, headed by an old male. 



In the highly-interesting travels of Messrs Denham and 

 Clapperton, into the interior of Africa, mention is made of 

 flocks of wild animals called Korookoo, by the Bornouese, 

 and by the Arabs, El Bucher-Achmer, the Red Bullock, 

 noticed as found in all the woods. They have immense 

 horns, and are something between the Ox and Antelope. 

 One had " spears struck at him without number, but he 

 effected his escape, carrying off several sticking in his 

 flesh." It is not improbable that the A. Grandicomis is 

 here meant, but we regret the conciseness of the notice. 



The Blue Antelope. (A. Leucophcea.) The Blue Ante- 

 lope, or Blauw Bock of Kolbe, was formerly not un- 

 common in the vicinity of Swellendam, in the Cape colony, 

 but now so rare, that no specimen has been killed in 

 South Africa since the year 1799. Mr. Allaman first 

 described and figured it from the spoils of one shot by 

 Colonel Gordon, under the wrong name of Tseiran, or 

 Dzeren, which belongs to a smaller species of Asia. It is 

 an animal of considerable beauty, four feet high at the 

 shoulder, and above six feet in length ; the horns are 

 slightly compressed, and assume the curve of a scimitar, 



