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siderable noise, whenever any person came within 
sight. It did the same when any food or drink 
was s brought to it ; and was so easily offended 
with an uncommon smell, or was so cautious, that 
it would not taste bread that was offered with 
a hand that had touched oil of turpentine or 
spirits. 
Its manner of lighting was very particular. 
This was observed at Lord Clive’s, where two 
males were put into a little inclosure ; and it was 
thus related by his lordship : while they were at 
a considerable distance from each other, they pre- 
pared for the attack by falling down upon their 
fore knees, and when they were come within some 
yards, they made a spring, and darted against each 
other. 
At the time that two of them were in his stable. 
Dr. Hunter observed this particularity, that when- 
ever any attempt was made on them, they imme- 
diately fell down upon their fore knees ; and some- 
times they would do so when he came before them ; 
hut as they never darted, he so little supposed this 
to be a hostile posture that he rather supposed it 
expressive of a timid or obsequious humility. 
The intrepidity and force with which they dart 
against any object, may be conceived from an anec- 
dote that has been related of the finest and largest 
of these animals that has ever been seen in Eng- 
land. A poor labouring man, without knowing 
that the animal was near him, and therefore nei- 
ther meaning to offend, nor suspecting the danger, 
came up to the outside of the pales of the inclosure 
where it was kept ; the nyl-ghau, with the swift- 
ness of lightning, darted against the wood-work 
with such violence that he shattered it to pieces, 
and broke ofi* one of his horns close to the root. 
This violence was supposed to occasion his death, 
which happened not long after. From this it ap- 
