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of the chackma, or large baboon of the country, which, 
with a small monkey, Cercopithecus Hrythropyga, is 
the only quadrumanous animal found within the 
British Colony: the lynx and various smaller species 
of cats are destructive principally among birds and 
small arborial quadrupeds, which their power of 
climbing trees, and creeping through bushes, places 
within their reach. Three different species of 
hyzenas, called wolves at the Cape, with innumer- 
able smaller carnivorous quadrupeds, prowl about in 
search of dead carcasses, or whatever else they can 
manage to surprise and overcome. 
After having thus given a very brief outline of the 
general character of African zoology, I shall pro- 
ceed to the description of a few of the more remark- 
able species, either such as have not been already 
described, or which, from their extreme scarceness 
even in their native country, are but seldom met with. 
ANTILOPE ELLIPSIPRYMNUS.—This magnificent 
animal was exhibited at a meeting of the Zoological 
Society, where it was described by Mr. Ogilby, 
and attracted the universal attention of the mem- 
bers, by the singularity of its characters and the 
elegance of its proportions. Its entire length from 
the muzzle to the root of the tail is seven feet 
four inches; its height from the hoof to the tip of 
horn, seven feet three inches; to the shoulder, three 
feet ten inches; the length of its horn on the curve, 
