460 NATURAL HISTORY OF AFRICA. 
view it appears to be a mixture of the bull, ante- 
lope, and horse j and seems more nearly allied to 
the bovine than the antelope tribe. It is one of 
the swiftest and most restless of the antelope 
tribe, and is about three feet eight inches high, 
and five feet eight inches long. It is worthy of 
remark that the antelope does not occur in the 
new world. 
Animals of the goat and sheep tribes (caprd) 
appear to be rare in Africa. The different spe- 
cies mentioned by travellers, as occurring in the 
northern parts of this continent, are very dubious. 
The wild goat (capra Q3gagrus)y which is alleged 
to be the original of the domestic goat, is said to 
inhabit the north of Africa ; and the moifflon of 
Africa occurs in rocky deserts in Barbary, and 
also in Egypt. 
The only species of the ox tribe peculiar to 
Africa, is that named the CafTrarian buffalo {ho^ 
caffer), which is of great size, and remarkably 
wild and ferocious. 
Fabulous Quadrupeds, 
The ancients have reported the existence of 
several animals in Africa, which there is now 
reason to regard as fabulous. Among these, the 
most celebrated was the unicorn, on which we 
shall extract the remarks of Cuvier, in his Theory 
of the Earth. 
