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THE IIAEXESSED ANTELOPE. 
Tragelaphus scriptus^ Smith, 
PLATE I. 
-^iitilope scripta, Pallas. — Harnesseil Antelope, Pennant^ 
— Tragelapliiis scriptus, Ma}or Smilli. — Guib, femelle, 
Cuv, Hist. Nat. des Mammifcres. 
This is an animal of very great beauty, from the 
^‘^nt fulvous-bay which is the prevailing colour of 
® l>0(ly, being marked or divided by longitudinal 
^**d transverse lines of white, which divide the gi'ound 
*^lour into patches almost like those of the Cameleo- 
P^rd. 'pijg jg j,gaj.]y of the size of the fallow 
tile horns black, and about seven inches long. 
th°*^ accompanying representation, we have used 
® figure of Frederic Cuvier, which is a female, and 
‘^gret that we have not been able to procure the ob- 
®‘^''^ations of Lichtenstein in the Berlin Magazine. 
* appears to have been first noticed by Mr Adan- 
in Senegal, in the county of Podor, about sixty 
aagnes inland from the sea. Lichtenstein says it in- 
_^a its Caffraria, but Mr Burchell did not meet with 
’ and, as far as w'e yet know, it is either very rare, 
^ inhabits only those districts in the interior which 
