82 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



The WOO D-G OAT. 



We are indebted to the indefatigable labours of Dr 

 Sparrman, for an accurate defcription of this rare animal, 

 which is found in the country about the Cape of Good 

 Hope, and lives chiefly in woods and groves, from 

 whence it derives its name. 



The horns of this animal are black, fomewhat more 

 than ten inches long, and have three fides wreathed in a 

 fpiral direction towards the top •, at the bottom they are 

 rough, in confequence of a number of wavy rings, which 

 however are not elevated much above the furface ; at the 

 top, they are round, (harp-pointed, and in that part as 

 fmooth as if they had been polifhed j their pofition is al- 

 moft in the fame line with the forehead, inclining a little 

 forwards, and, by means of the twill they make, recede 

 from each other towards the middle, where they are 

 three inches and a half diftant 5 at the bafe, they are 

 only one inch. 



