the addax. 
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upon the knees, arul dark hands upon the sides 
i hey are gregarious, inhabit the plains, and rarely 
approach the covered or uooded countries, are wary 
and timid, and are extremely swift. 
It is to these animals that the well known name of 
Gazal belongs, the Barbary Antelope, Gazal of the 
Aiabs, and Gazdla BorcaiiH,( Smith and Lichten- 
stem. 1 his animal has often been confounded in its 
synonymes with the Corinna Antelope and Kevel of 
our next plate, but appears local, to a certain degree 
in Its distribution, being nearly conBned to the north 
side of the Atlas Mountains, and found in Egyut 
Arabia, and Southern Persia. ’ 
