23S INDOSTAN ANTELOPE. 
the male has small,, straight, black horns, smooth, 
shining as jet, and only two inches long ; but the 
female is hornless ; the ears are broad ; the legs 
are long in proportion to the size of the body, and 
very slender ; the hoofs are divided ; the horns 
are annulated ; and the number of rings on a horn 
denotes the years of the age of the individual to 
which it belongs. The colour of this little crea- 
ture is chiefly a reddish brown ; but the belly is 
white ; and the tail, which, though short, is co- 
vered with pretty long hair, partly yellow, partly 
red, and partly white. 
It is amazingly swift ; it springs readily over 
walls twelve feet high, climbs the loftiest moun- 
tains, and is never, caught without the greatest 
difficulty ; yet, when taken, and familiarized to 
mankind, it becomes very tame and mild. 
It is a native of Senegal, and the other hot re- 
gions of Africa * and such is the tenderness of its 
constitution, that it can scarce bear transportation, 
and does not thrive in our colder European cli- 
mates. It is called by the Hottentots noumetjes ; 
it utters a long, shrill, warbling cry, amazingly 
loud for so diminutive an animal. Its flesh is one 
of the most exquisite delicacies that can appear on 
the table of the epicure. 
Indostan antelope. 
The most remarkable peculiarities of this an- 
telope are horns bending forwards, a mane on the 
neck, a bunch on the back, and a long bushy 
tail. 
It is about five feet high ; the hair covering the 
body is short, soft, and of an ash colour. The 
tail is two and twenty, and the horns seven inches 
in length. It is furnished with a dewlap on the 
