GUINEA ANTELOPE. 
•* was a male, and one of the most beautifui and 
delicate creatures I ever beheld. It was sent 
from Guinea to Holland with thirteen others 
> of the same species,, and of both sexes. Twelve 
(of them died during the voyage, and in this 
•number were all the females; so there re- 
imained alive two males only ; which were put 
iinto the menagerie of the Prince of Orange, 
(where one of them died in the winter of 1764. 
According to our information, the females have 
I no horns. These animals are extremely timid. 
Any noise, and particularly thunder, terrifies 
them. When alarmed, they express their fear, 
by blowing suddenly, and with great force, 
through their nostrils. That still alive, in 1766, 
I was at first wild, but has now become pretty 
tame. It listens, when called by it's name, 
Tetje ; and, when gently approached with a 
piece of bread in the hand, it allows it's head 
and neck to be stroked. It is so cleanly, that 
it suffers not the smallest particle of dirt to re- 
imain on any part of it's body; for this pur- 
pose, it often scratches itself with one of it's 
hind feet. This is the reason why it has re- 
ceived the appellation of Tetje ; from Tettig, 
i^hich signifies Neat, or Clean, However, if 
any 
