9 o HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



The colour of this animal is a rufty-brown ; along the 

 ridge of the back there is a white ftripe, mixed with 

 brown ; from this are eight or nine white ftripes point- 

 ing downwards; the forehead and the fore part of the 

 nofe are brown; a white ftripe runs from the corner 

 of each eye, and meets juft above the nofe; upon each 

 cheek-bone there are two fmall white fpots ; the inner 

 edges of the ears are covered with white hair, and the 

 upper part of the neck is adorned with a brown mane, 

 an inch long ; beneath the neck, from the throat to the 

 breaft, are fome long hairs hanging down; the bread 

 and belly are grey ; the tail is two feet long, brown a- 

 bove, white beneath, and black at the end. 



The Koedoe, though a tall and flender animal, is not 

 fo fwift as many of the Gazelle kind, and is eafily over- 

 taken by the hounds: On thefe occafions, the males de- 

 fend themfelves with great fpirit with their horns, and 

 will come to clofe quarters with the dogs ; but the fe- 

 malesj having no horns, are obliged to depend on their 

 fpeed. 



Another of the larger kind of Gazelles, to be found 

 at the Cape, is 



The GEMSE-B OK; 



which is called, by Mr Pennant, the Egyptian Antelope ; 

 and, by M. BufFon, the Pafan. — The horns are ftraight, 

 flender, of a black colour, about three feet long, with 

 above twenty rings reaching half way to the points, 

 which are fmooth and taper ; it is of an afh colour, in- 

 clining to red; the belly, legs, and face, are white; a 

 ' black line extends from the neck to the loins ; the tail is 

 about two feet long, terminated with black hairs. 



