94 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



and the ftiff hairs which ftand erecT: on the forehead and 

 upper part of the face, are black : The curvature of the 

 horns is lingular; and the animal is reprefented in the 

 cut in the attitude of butting, to give an idea of their 

 form and pofition. 



The legs of the Gnu are fmall ; its hair is very fine ; 

 and it has a cavity beneath each eye, like mod of the 

 Antelope kind. 



The STEEN-BOK 



is found in Senegal, and at the Cape of Good Hope- 

 Its whole body is of a pale-red colour ; it is as large as a 

 Roe-buck ; its horns, which do not exceed fix inches in 

 length, are almoft fmooth, and bend a little forward ; its 

 ears are five inches long ; and it has a white fpot over 

 each eye. — It is called, by Mr Pennant, the Red Antelope ; 

 and, by M. Buffbn, the Nagor. 



The NANGUER, or SWIFT-ANTELOPE, 



is likewife a native of Africa, and is found in Senegal. — 

 It is three feet and a half in length, and two and a half 

 high; the horns are black and round, eight inches in 

 length, and, what is fingular, bend forward at the points ; 

 its general colour is tawny ; belly and thighs white ; it 

 has likewife a white fpot under the neck, is a very hand- 

 fome animal, and eafily tamed ; its fwiftnefs is compared 

 to that of the wind. 



