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the deer, while the lower part of the face 
nearly approaches to that of the camel. Th^ 
ears are long and erect ; the horns, which 
somewhat shorter, look like two bony protu' 
berances from the forehead, placed very clos^ 
together, covered with a hairy membrane, aO^ 
each terminated at the top by a tuft of bn^' 
ties, similar to those which cover both 
upper and lower lip. The eye has that sof* 
expression for which the antelope tribes af^ 
remarkable ; and it is of so very deep a h^^ 
that it is difficult to convey an adequate id^^ 
of it without the contrast of colours. 
tween the horns commences a mane of shot^ 
and almost straight hair, which is continue^ 
over the neck and on to the withers. 
neck, though when erect nearly half 
height of the animal, is elegantly propa*" 
tinned, slender, and stag-like. The should^'^ 
is large, prominent, and heavy, and the thig^' 
both of the fore and hinder limb is thick ai'^ 
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