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THE ALGAZEL. 
Antilope besoartria Pallas. 
PLATE XXIV. 
Algazelle, Fred. Cuv. Mammiflres Oryx Bezoastica, 
JIam. Smith, in Griff. Cumer, iy. 191, and Synopsis. 
The prevailing colour of the body of this animal is 
pale fawn colour, darkest on the back, and on the 
belly and limbs approaching nearly to white. The 
head is white, with two spots or marks of dull grey, 
which run from the base of the horns, and unite on 
the lower jaw, which they surround. In some spe- 
cies, the markings about the head, and on the flanks, 
are very dark, as in the species represented, where 
they are of a deep chestnut-bi-own. The horns were 
about twenty- eight inches in length, in the species 
figured by Fred. Cuvier, and slightly curved back- 
wards ; but by Major Smith they are stated as being 
three feet in length. They are ringed at the base, 
and although bending backwards, have a much 
■straighter appearance than any of those we have 
seen, an<l are also more slender. The height at the 
shoulder is about three feet and a half. It inhabits 
Senegal, and it is from this animal, as the trivial 
name implies, that the celebrated bezoar stones were 
