ANTELOPE. 
fore lives by bronzing the leaves of trees: kneels 
like a camel when it would lie down ; is a gentle 
animal, and is very fcarce. I faw the fkin of a 
young one at Leyden well Huffed, and preferred; 
otherwife might pofiibly have entertained doubts in 
refpeft to the exiflence of fo extraordinary a quad¬ 
ruped. Belon’s figure very good. 
Known to the Romans in early times; appears 
among the figures in the affemblage of eajiern ani¬ 
mals on the celebrated Praneftine Pavement, made 
by the dire&ion of Sylla, reprefented both grazing 
and brouzing in its natural attitudes: exhibited at 
Rome by the popular C<efar among other animals in 
the Circaan games. Finely and juftly defcribed by 
Qppian. 
Annulated 
