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procured. These, however, are found in many others, 
and are not even confined to this group. 
The Caffiarian Oryx CO. oryx) is another fine 
species, remarkable for its elegance, and famed for the 
flavour of its venison. It inhabits Southern Africa 
in its more wooded and rocky region. The male is 
nearly four feet high at the shoulder, and six feet in 
length. The general colour is a vinous buff, the 
breast, belly, and extremities white, and a black list 
from the nape of the neck to the root of the tail. 
O. leucoryx is another beautiful animal from the 
East, inhabiting Eastern Arabia and the deserts of 
Persia, the body nearly pure white, the thighs from 
rufous dusky to black upon the houghs, the former 
with a dark band. Varying somewhat in form and 
characters, is another beautiful animal, which has been 
placed at the conclusion of the true Oryxes, viz. 
