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seen in Museums, and which do not much exceed 

 the size of a quill in diameter. They have often 

 been tipped with gold and used for the purpose of 

 a tobacco-stopper, and are sometimes called by 

 the mistaken title of the legs of Greenland Deer. 



In the Order Pecora we find a very extensive 

 genus under the title of Antelope, forming the 

 modern genus Antilope, (for Linnaeus arranged 

 the few species then known, among the Goat 

 tribe.) The Antelopes are in general remarkable 

 for the elegance of their appearance. The com- 

 mon Antelope or A. Cervicapr^a is a native of 

 many parts of Asia and Africa, its general size 

 is somewhat smaller than that of a fallow deer, 

 and its colour a tawny reddish-brown above, and 

 wdiite beneath : the horns black, of a peculiarly 

 beautiful form, having a double flexure, first in- 

 wards, and again outwards, and they are elegantly 

 and distinctly marked, throughout almost their 

 whole length, by numerous prominent rings or 

 circles. The Antelopes in general inhabit the 

 hottest regions of the globe : their swiftness is 

 proverbial, and it is observed that most spe- 

 cies are of a gregarious nature, forming herds of 

 many hundreds or even thousands together. For 



