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to lift its head/'* they all prove to be merely ingenious conjec- 
tures, thrown out by the author solely for the exercise of his own 
ingenuity. 
I should not venture to speak so positively upon this matter, 
had I not indisputably ascertained the facts ; for the Ras having 
subsequently made me a present of three of these animals alive, 
I found them not only in excellent health, but so exceedingly 
wild, that I was obliged to have them shot. The horns of one 
of these are now deposited in the Museum of the Surgeons' Col- 
lege, and a still larger pair are placed in the collection of Lord 
Valentia, at ArleyHall, The length of the largest horn of this 
description which I met with was nearly four feet, and its cir- 
cumference at the base, twenty-one inches. 
It might have been expected, that the animal, carrying horns 
of so extraordinary a magnitude, would have proved larger than 
others belonging to the same genus ; but in every instance which 
came under my observation, this was by no means the case. The 
accompanying etching, which was copied from the original 
sketch (taken from the life), may serve to convince the reader of 
this fact, and it will convey a better idea of the animal, than any 
description in writing I can pretend to give. I shall only further 
observe, that its colour appeared to vary as much as in the other 
species of its genus, and that the peculiarity in the size of 
the horns was not confined to the male; the female being 
very amply provided with this ornamental appendage to her 
forehead. 
On the 13th, Mr. Pearce returned from Chelicut, charged with 
* Vide Mr. Brace's Travels, Vol, VI. p. 50-51. 
