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ORYX. 
IVIajor Smith’s next group is Oryx. “ Horns com- 
mon to both sexes, horizontal, very lone, slender, 
without ridges, pointed, black, with annules some- 
what spirally twisted to half or two-thirds of their 
length. The animals large, with long ears, small or 
no suborbital sinus, ovine muzzle, darker coloured 
streak through the eyes, mane on the neck reversed ; 
tail reaching to the houghs, and terminated by a tuft 
of long hairs; no tufts on the knees nor inguinal 
pores ; two mammaj ; stature large ; general colour of 
the fur rufous or vinous grey upon a white ground.” 
This group is remarkable, as it is supposed that 
from some of its members the far-famed Unicorn would 
he made out. At various times reports have reached 
this country, that this animal of anomalous form had 
lieen discovered, sometimes it was in the interior de- 
serts of Africa, sometimes from the unexplored dis- 
tricts of the Indian Mountains. The animal itself, 
however, has never reached this country, and most 
likely never will. In all the ancient carvings, coins, 
and Latin heraldic insignia, the form of the animal 
can always be represented as belonging to some one 
of the Oryxes. In the ancient carving the horns are 
often represented so much in profile as to appear on- 
ly one, while it is well known that among African 
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