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crroneoufly ranked this animal among the 
goat kind ; for it forms an intermediate ge- 
nus between that fpecies and the deer ; the 
texture and peimianency of the horns agree- 
ing with the firft, while their fleetnefs and e- 
legance accord with the latter. 
There is another fpecies of this animal, 
called the R.oyal A-ntelope, or Little Guinea 
Deer, which is the leaft and moft beautiful 
of all the cloven-footed race. It is fcarcely 
nine inches high,' and the fmall part of its 
legs are little thicker than a goofe-quill. It 
is moft delicately lliaped, refembling that of a 
ftagin miniature, except that the horns of the 
male (for the female has none) are hollow 
and annulated, as in the Gazelle kind. It 
has broad earsi, -and Cv/o- canine teeth -in the 
upper jaw. The colour is as beautiful as the 
the fymmetry of this little animal, being of a 
fine gloffy yellow, except the neck and belly, 
which parts are perfectly white. It is a na- 
tive of Senegal, and fome parts of Africa. It 
is to active that, it will bound over a wall, 
twelve feet high. It is ealily tamed, when 
it becomes very entertaining and familiar, but 
of fo delicate a couftitution that it can bear 
none blit the hotteft climates. 
Of antelopes there are, befides thofe before 
deferibed, tlie following different fpecies: 
Common, Blue, Egyptian, Bezoar, Hanaffed, 
African, Indoftan, White-footed, Swift, Red, 
Striped, Chinefe, Scythian, Cervine, and Se- 
negal Antelope. 
ANIMALS 
