STRIPED ANTELOPE. 
*' This Goat," says he, *' which has re- 
ceived no name from the Hottentots, and which 
I have called the Wild Goat, is remarkable in 
many respedls. It is of the size of a lar^e Stag. 
It's head is very beautiful; and adorned with 
two smooth horns, which are bended and 
pointed: they are three feet in length, and 
their extremities are two feet asunder." 
These charadlers," concludes BufFon, 
seem to correspond exaclly with the animal 
under consideration. But, having the head 
only, w^e cannot be certain that the rest of 
Kolben's description will apply to it with equal 
precision. Future observations alone can de- 
termine the truth of what now appears to be 
extremely probable." 
This future observation seems to have con- 
firmed the fa6l ; for the animal is fully de- 
scribed by Pennant, and appears compleatly to 
correspond. 
The length of the Striped Antelope is nine 
feet; it's height four. The body is long and 
slcndcj- ; the legs arc slim. The horns ai e of a 
dusky 
