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and terminating in a point. — They all have a do- ' 
ven hoof : the female has smaller horns than the 
male. 
Blue antelope. 
This animal is larger in size than any ordinary 
buck. Its horns are sharp-pointed, taper, arcuated, 
and reclining backwards ; they are twenty inches 
io length, and marked with tw enty prominent rings, 
but smooth towards the points. The hair of the 
body is long. The tail is seven inches in length : 
and the hairs at the end of it seven inches. The 
colour of the hair, when the animal is alive, is a 
beautiful glossy blue grey : when dead, it takes 
a grey colour. The belly is white ; and under 
each eye, the face is marked with a large white 
spot. 
This animal is a native of Africa, in the neigh- 
bourhood of the Cape ; but seems to be confined 
within some districts at a considerable distance 
from that promontory. 
Egyptian antelope. 
The animals of this species are of the same size 
a9 our common domestic he-goat; but in figure, 
colour, and agility, chiefly resemble the stag. 
The lengthof a skin which Mr. Pennant examined, 
was better than six feet six inches, reckoning from 
its nose to the tip of the tail. The tail, which is 
covered with long black hairs, is, between the 
rump and the end of the hairs, two feet six inches 
long. 
The belly, the rump, and the legs, are white ; 
but each leg is marked below the knee with a dusky 
spot. The rest of the body is grey, or reddish ; 
except that a black line runs along the back. The 
