8E& cervine antelope/ 
Jpngth ; they are annulated nearly to the points j 
entirely of a deep black colour ; and common to 
both sexes. 
It is somewhat above four feet in height, A 
cinnamon colour predominates over its body. The 
forehead is covered with black and brown hairs 
intermixed. A broad black streak extends over 
the hinder part of the haunch, down the thigh, 
as far as to the knee. The anterior parts of both 
the fore and the hinder legs are also marked with 
black. Two narrow stripes of the same colour, 
rise one behind each ear, and run nearly together 
along the ridge of the back. The pori ceriferi 
under the eyes are exceedingly small. The face 
exhibits at least the rudiments of a beard and 
whiskers. The tail reaches nearly to the joint ef 
the leg ; it is covered with long bristly hairs, but 
does not terminate in a tuft. The legs are of the 
same slender and elegant form as those of the other 
antelopes. The buttocks are finely rounded. The 
ears are asinine. The head is large, and the fore- 
head high. The animal has no teeth in the upper, 
and only eight in the lower jaw. 
This species are natives of Africa. Naturalists 
have become acquainted with them in Barbary, 
and in the neighbourhood of the Cape. The 
ancient Romans, who ransacked almost every fo- 
rest and range of mountains through the known 
world, for wild beasts to exhibit in the Circus, 
were not strangers to this animal. Pliny mentions 
the Bubalus as an inhabitant of Africa, and as 
somewhat between a calf and a stag in form. The 
same animal seems to be a native of Arabia. 
Travellers tell, that its young are easily tamed, 
and associate readily with other cattle. The Ara- 
bian name is Rakar XJasch, or Bekker el Wash. 
The inhabitants at the Cape are familiarly ac- 
quainted with these antelopes. They have not 
