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THE GAZELLE. 
Almost all the species of the antelope tril^' 
are of a gentle and social nature. In gener^*^ 
with the exception of some of the smaller sp^ 
cies in South Africa, they live in large herd’' 
Their sight, hearing, and smell, are roo*' 
acute. Of a peculiarly elegant figure, of^ 
restless and timid disposition, they are 
tremely watchful, swift, and agile ; and the) 
bound along with such lightness and eli>^ 
ticity as to fill the spectator with astonisl’’ 
ment. 
The most graceful and elegant of antelope 
is the gazelle. It is about three feet high 
the shoulder. Its figure, in the combinati<’^ 
of elegance and lightness, with much muse'’’ 
lar power, resembles that of the roebuck. I*’ 
horns are about a foot in length, and the 
lour of its coat, which is close and' smoot'’ 
is lightish yellow above and white underneath' 
The people of the East conceive it impossihh' 
to attribute greater beauty to the eye tlii*' 
