MAMMALIA. PECORA, Antilope. m 
C. Camelopard. 
. Inhabits Senna, Ethiopia and foutb of the Cape oj Good Hope ; 
feeds on leaves and Ihoots of tall trees, fomeliines on grafs, witll 
its fore-feet Ipread wide afunder ; gentle, timid, Iwift, elegant ; 
when about to lie down kneels like the camel. 
Body whitifh mixed with tawny, and iprinkled with numerous 
'rally fpots ; head like that of the horle ; ears Imallifh ; neck 
long, ereft, compreffed; back convex, maned down to the 
which is round, reaching to the lecond joint of the hind- 
legs and a little tufted; horns 6 inches long, creft, blunt; 
fore-legs much longer than the hind ; meafures at the IhouU 
tlers 1 7, at the rump only 9 feet, 
38. ANTILOPE. Horns hollow, perfiftent, 
round, twilled fpirally or annulate; 
fore-ieeth lower 8 : tujks o. Antelope. 
Thefe chiefly inhabit hilly countries, climb up rocks, bronze 
and feed on tender Ihoots ; are very gregarious, aftive, timid 
and Iwift ; have gall-bladders and lachrymal pits under the 
eyes, a fold of fkin divided into cells in the groins, brufhes of 
hair on the kn«es, and beautiful black eyes ; the flelh is gene- 
rally good, and feme have a rank or mulky fmell. 
Horns recurvate, roundifh, annulate; body blueilh. 
Blue A. 
Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, larger than the deer ; body 
beneath white ; under the eye and on the. feet a white blotch ; 
tail 7 inches, white, a little tufted at the tip ; horns 20 inches 
long, rings 20, tip fmooth ; hair long. 
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Horns recurvate, wrinkled ; body tawnyilh ; nape of the 
neck bearded. Gambian A, 
Inhabits Africa, near the Gambia 3 .nd. Senegal : fizeof the deer; 
tufts on the fore-knees long; horns 13 inches, dilUnt in the 
middle, approaching at the tips which ate Inrooth ; rings 8 — 9. 
Horns ere£l, round, fmooth, tips hooked back. Chamois. 
Inhabits Alpine mountains of Europe in troops ; feeds on fhrubs, 
herbs and roots; Iwift, Ihy, excellent in fight and fmell; 
emits a foft hiis when difcovered ; ihelters in wmtenn hollow 
rocks ; gravid 6 months, brings 2 — 3 young ; lize ^ » 
flelh good. , ; t V.1 rl- 
Ftir reddilh-brown, fhortcr in fummer ; dong the t/ack a Dia 
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