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lopes, with their graceful double curvature (Pig. 64), are 

 ornamental in our eyes, no one will dispute. If, then, the 

 horns, like the splendid accoutrements of the knights of 





Pia. 64.— Strepslcetos Knda (from Sir Andrew Smith's "Zoology of South Africa"). 



old, add to the noble appearance of stags and antelopes, 

 they may, have been modified partly for this purpose, 

 though mainly for actual service in battle ; but I have 

 no evidence in favor of this belief. 



An interesting case has lately been published, from 



