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THE GRIM. 
Cephalophus grimmia. 
PLATE XXXII. " 
Le Grim, Fred. Cntier, Hid. Naturelle des Mammifires— 
Antilope grimmia, Pallas's Spicil. Zool. p. 35, t. iii. 
The earliest atithentic description of the Grim, is 
in Pallas’s S[)icilegia Zoologica, described from two 
living males ; a female had also been attempted to be 
brought to Europe, but liad died on the passage ; 
she was said to he destitute of liorns, but the circum- 
stance was not authenticated. They are described 
as timid hut most agile creatures. They were fed 
on bread or chopped carrots, and were very fond of 
potatoes. The entire length of tlie animal two feet 
seven inches ; its height in front one foot five inches. 
Horns two inches nine lines, lliitk in proportion, black 
and straight, longitudinally striated, and annulated at 
the base with about four rings. In Frederic Cuvier’s 
plate anil description, which we have used for our 
illustration, this little animal is represented as about 
twenty-six inches high. The proportions of its head 
and body are rather heavy, but its agility is great, 
and is displayed in the fineness of the form of its 
