33o DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM. 



algazel of Buffon, from Senegal; the blue ante- 

 lope of the Cape; and the guevei, pygmy antelope 

 {antilope pygmcea), a beautiful little animal only 

 nine inches high, and wonderfully alert. It in- 

 habits (he warmest regions of Africa. 



In the tenth case are the two largest species of 

 antelope ; their size almost equals that of the 

 horse : they are the antilope equina of India, and 

 the striped antelope {antilope strepsiceros) of the 

 Cape. By the sjde of them is the gnu {antilope 

 gnu), of a very singular form, apparently bor- 

 rowed from other animals: it has ihe body, rump, 

 and tail of a small horse, and an upright mane ; 

 its horns,- drawn close together, resemble those 

 of the buffalo of Caffraria ; projecting bristles 

 surround its flat muzzle, a second black mane 

 descending under the neck and dewlap, and its 

 feet and legs are as slender as those of the deer. 

 It inhabits the mountains northward of the Cape, 

 where it is somewhat rare. 



The Nilghau (i) of India {antilope picta) y and 

 the European chamois {antilope rupicapra), are 

 in the eleventh case, with several varieties of 

 the goat, which also fill the twelfth case. 

 Amongst these varieties we find the one that 



horns, or rather of a drawing, which represented the animal in pro- 

 file, shewing then but one of its horns. 



(1) This is a compound of two Persian words: nil, which means 

 blue, and ghau, which signifies a ball. 



