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lopard, which is distributed through this conti- 
nent from the northern frontier of the colony at 
the Cape of Good Hope, as far north as Egypt. 
Its neck is of uncommon length, its head very 
much resembles that of a sheep, but it is provid- 
ed with two undivided horns, tipped with brushes 
of hair. It is the tallest of land animals, indivi- 
duals having been measured eighteen feet high. 
It is a remarkably gentle animal, and lives on the 
leaves of trees. 
No animals of the deer tribe (cervus) occur in 
southern and tropical Africa j and the small cer- 
mis Guineensis appears to be a species of antelope. 
The red deer (cervus elephas) occurs in the north 
of Africa, but may have been imported from Eu- 
rope. But Africa, although destitute of deer, is 
abundantly supplied with species of that beauti- 
ful tribe of hoofed quadrupeds, named antelope. 
Thei'e are about thirty species of antelope found 
in Africa, and most of them distinguished by the 
uncommon beauty of their form, the gracefulness 
of their motions, and their great speed. The 
most striking species is the A. gnouy a native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. It appears to be a 
very singular compound of animals, uniting the 
strong head and horns of the bull, with the light- 
ness and skin of the stagj the beauty of the 
mane, body, and tail of the horse, and the lach- 
rymal sinus of the antelope j in short, at first 
