88 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



The HART-BEES T 



is the mo ft common of all the larger Gazelles, known 

 in any part of Africa.— The following accurate defcrip- 

 tion is taken from Sparrman, to whom we are indebted 

 for the beft accounts of fuch of thefe rare animals as are 

 to be met with near the Cape : — The height of this ani- 

 mal is fomewhat above four feet : The horns are from 

 fix to nine inches long, very ftrong and black, almoft 

 clofe at the bafe, diverging upwards, and at the top 

 bending backwards in an horizontal direction almoft to 

 the tips, which turn a little downwards ; they are em- 

 boffed with about eighteen rings of an irregular form. 

 The general colour of the Hart-beeft is that of cinna- 

 mon ; the front of the head is marked with black, as 

 is likewife the fore part of the legs*, the hind part of 

 the haunch is covered with a wide black ftreak, which 

 reaches down to the knee ; a narrow ftripe of black be- 

 gins behind each ear, and runs all along the ridge of the 



