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point: The ears are large and beautiful, feven inches in 

 length, and fpread to a confiderable breadth ; they are 

 white on the edge and on the infide, except where two 

 black bands mark the hollow of the ear with a Zebra- 

 like variety. The height of this animal, at the moulder, 

 is four feet one inch ; behind the loins, it only meafures 

 four feet. 



The female differs confiderably from the male both in 

 height and thicknefs, being much fmaller ; in fhape and 

 colour, very much refembling a Deer, and has no horns. 

 She has four nipples, and is fuppofed to go nine months 

 with young: She commonly has one at a birth, but 

 fometimes two. 



Several of this fpecies were brought to this country in 

 the year 1767, which continued to breed annually for 

 fome years after. — Dr Hunter, who had one of them in 

 his cuftody for fome time, defcribes it as a harmlefs and 

 gentle animal^ that it feemed pleafed with every kind of 

 familiarity, always licked the hand that either ftroaked 

 or fed it, and never once attempted to ufe its horns of- 

 fenfively. It feemed to have much dependence on its or- 

 gans of fmell, and fnuffed keenly whenever any perfon 

 came in fight : It did fo likewife, when food or drink 

 was brought to it ; and would not tafte the bread which 

 was offered, if the hand that prefented it happened to 

 fmell of turpentine. 



Its manner of fighting is very particular, and is thus 

 defcribed : — Two of the males at Lord Clive's, being put 

 into an inclofure, were obferved, while they were at 

 fome diftance from each other, to prepare for the attack, 

 by falling down upon their knees: They then muffled 

 towards each other, keeping (till upon their knees 3 and/ 



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