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GIRAFFE. 
Inhabit the north-eail parts of Afia\ Barbary , Sar¬ 
dinia, Corjica , and Greece : live amidfb the moun¬ 
tains, and run with vaft fwiftnefs among the rocks. 
Thofe of Kamtchatka are fo ftrong that ten men can 
fcarce hold one, and the horns are fo large as 
fometimes to weigh 30 lb. and fo capacious that . 
young foxes often fhelter themfelves in the hollow of 
fuch as by accident fall off in the deferts: grow to 
the fize of a young flag : propagate in * autumn : 
bring one young at a time, fometimes two. 
Belon very judicioufly ftyles this fpecies the Tra- 
gelaphus , from the mixture it feems to have of the 
goat and deer. Suppofed by M. de Buff on to be 
the fheep in a wild ftate : doubted by myfelf, fince 
opportunity has been had of feeing fome of thefe 
animals from Sardinia and Corfica . 
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Horns 
