THE KART-BEEST. 
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length of its tail, and the color of the skin — the only essential 
difference being in the horns, which, as before stated, resemble 
those of the stag. The axis, therefore, may possibly be only a 
variety depending upon the climate, and not a different species of 
deer — for, though it belongs to the hottest countries of Asia, it 
supports and easily multiplies in those of Europe. 
THE HART-BEEST. 
his animal is the most common of all the larger gazelles 
known in Africa. The height of the Hart-Beest to the 
top of the shoulder is about four feet, and its form is be- 
tween that of the stag and the heifer. Its color is of a dark cin- 
namon, the front of the head and fore part of the legs being 
marked with black ; the hind part of the haunch is covered with 
a wide black streak, which reaches to the knee. Its height ex- 
ceeds four feet. Its horns are from six to nine inches long, very 
strong and black, almost close at the base, diverging upwards, 
and at the top bending backwards in a horizontal direction almost 
to the tips, which turn downwards, and are embossed with rings 
of an irregular form. The hair of the hart-beest is very tine, 
and its ears are covered with white hair on the inside ; it has 
only eight teeth in the lower jaw and none in the upper; its legs 
are slender, with small fetlocks and hoofs. This animal has a 
