So HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



Some fpecies of the Antelope form herds of two or 

 three thoufand, while others keep in fmall troops of five 

 or fix. They for the moft part live in hilly countries, 

 though fome inhabit plains. They often browfe like the 

 Goat, and feed on the tender fhoots of young trees, which 

 give their flefh an excellent flavour. 



There are many varieties of this animal ; fome of them 

 little known or defer ibed.— "We fhall begin with 



The BLUE-GOAT, 



which Mr Pennant confiders as being next to the Goat, 

 from the length of its hair, and form of its horns. 



The colour of this creature is a fine blue, refembling 

 velvet \ but when dead, it is faid to change to a bluifh- 

 grey : Its belly is white ; and beneath each eye, it has a 

 large white mark : Its tail is feven inches in length, with 

 long hairs at the end : Its horns incline backward, form- 

 ing a curve ; three-fourths of their length are decorated 

 with twenty-four rings, the uppermoft quarter is fmooth, 

 and runs tapering to a point. It inhabits the hotteft 

 parts of Africa. — Sparrman defcribes one which he faw 

 at the Cape of Good Hope, and calls it a Blaaw-bok. 



