84 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



The SPRINGER. 



The White- Antelope > which is fuppofed to be the fame 

 with the Fygarg ) mentioned in the book of Numbers, is 

 an inhabitant of the Cape of Good Hope, where it is 

 called the Spring-bok ; and is to be feen in herds of fe- 

 veral thoufands, covering the plains as far as the eye can 

 reach. Sparrman fays, that, having (hot at a large herd 

 of them, they formed a line, and immediately made a 

 circular movement, as if to furround him j but after- 

 wards flew off in different directions. 



The height of this beautiful creature is two feet and a 

 half ; and meafures, from the ears to the tail, fomewhat 

 above three feet : The tail is rather lefs than a foot long : 

 The length of the ears, fix inches and a half ; that of the 

 horns, meafuring them along their curvatures, nine 

 inches; and their diftance at the bafe, where they are 



