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this may be the reafon why it takes up its 
abode in it, and why it is not feen in thofe 
regions of the fouth of Africa where the 
tree does not grow. This, however, is but a 
vague conjedure,;and which the reports of the 
ancients feem to contradid. 
Its head is unqueftionably the moft beau- 
tiful part of its body. Its mouth is fmall : it^ 
eyes large and animated. Between the eyes, 
and above the nofe, it has a very diftind: and 
prominent tubercle. This is not a flefhy ex- 
crefcence, but an enlargement of the bony part, 
the fame as the two little bofles, or protube- 
rances, with which its occiput is armed, and 
w^hich rife as large as a hen's egg, one on each 
fide of the mane at its commencement. Its 
tongue is rough, and terminates in a point. 
Each jaw has fix grinders on each fide ; but 
the lower jaw only has eight cutting teeth ia 
front, while the upper jaw has none. 
The hoof is cloven, has no heel, and much 
refemblcs that of the ox. It may be obferved, 
however, at the firft fi.ght, that the hoof of the 
fore-foot is larger than that of the hind-foot. 
The leg is very flender : but the knee is fwelled 
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