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springers are not regularly periodical. They for- 
sake tracts of country which are desolated by 
droughty or which they have bared of herbage, 
for others where they may find water and pasture. 
According to Dr. Sparrman's account, they are 
quickly dispersed before the pursuer when assem- 
bled in moderate herds. Their flesh is juicy, and 
©f a good taste. In the collection of living ani- 
mals kept by the Dutch governor, there are 
many of this species ; yet their economy is very 
imperfectly known. Sparrman gives a fine figure 
of a springer. 
Chinese antelope. 
This species, the tzeiran of Buffon, the yellow 
goat of Du Halde, in his account of China, cal- 
led by the Mongals dseren, by the Chinese hoang 
yang, and whang yang, are distinguished by yel- 
low annulated horns, nine inches long, di verging 
much near the points ; but having these turned 
towards each other. The body is nearly four 
feet and a half long, and in height two feet and 
a half. The head is of a thick form, and the 
nose blunt and convex above. The ears are small 
and sharp-pointed. The structure of the wind- 
pipe forms a remarkable protuberance on the neck. 
The pits in the groin are uncommonly large. The 
tail is short. The females are destitute of horns. 
From the beginning of May, the period at which 
the animal changes its coat, the hair continues, 
through summer, short, close, and tawny. As 
winter advances, it becomes long, rough, and 
hoary. 
These animals abound in the deserts inhabited 
by the Mongal Tartars, and through all the wide 
tract of country between Tibet and China. They 
are likewise among the animals hunted by the Bu~ 
