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ANTELOPE. 
As the chace of thefe animals is a favorite diver- 
fion with the eaftern nations, from that may be col¬ 
lected proofs of the rapid fpeed of the Antelope 
tribe. The G rehound, the fleeted: of dogs, is un¬ 
equal in the courfe ; and the fportfman is obliged 
to call in the aid of the Falcon, trained to the 
work, to feize on the animal and impede its mo¬ 
tions, to give the dogs opportunity of overtaking 
it. In India, and in Perfia , a fort of Leopard is 
made ufe of in the chace : this is an animal that 
takes its prey not by fwiftnefs of foot, but by the 
greatnefs of its fprings, by motions fimilar to that 
of the Antelope *, but fhould the Leopard fail in 
its firft eifay, the game efcapes 
The fleetnefs of this animal was proverbial in the 
country it inhabited even in the earlieft times : the 
fpeed of Afahel ** is beautifully compared to that of 
the -j- < Tzebi ; and the Gadites were laid to be as fwift 
as the Roes upon the mountains. The infpired writers 
took their fimilies from fuch objects that were before 
the eyes of the people they addreded themfelves to. 
There is another inltance drawn from the fame fub- 
je£t: the difciple raided to life at Joppa was fup- 
pofed to have been called C Pabitha, i. e. Boreas , or 
the Antelope, from the beauty of her eyes •, and 
this is dill a common comparifon in the Eaft : 
Aine el Czazel , or “ You have eyes of an Antelope,” 
is the greateft compliment that can be to paid a 
fine woman f f. 
* Berniers tra<v. iv. 45. Voy. deBoullaye le Gouz. 248. 
** Sam. I. ii. <v. 18. 
t Shanv's tra<v. fuppl. 74. who informs us, that this word fhould 
have been tranflated, the Antelope; not the Roe, as the text has it. 
ft Pr. Alp. bijl. ASgypt, I. 232. 
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