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ANTELOPE. 
Some fpecies of the Antelopes form herds of two 
or three thoufands, while others keep in fmall troops 
of five or fix. They generally refide in hilly coun¬ 
tries ; tho’ fome inhabit plains : they often brouze 
like the goat, and feed on the tender {boots of 
trees, which gives their fiefh an excellent flavor. 
This is to be underflood of thofe that are taken in 
the chace •, for thofe that are fattened in houfes are 
far lefs delicious. The fiefh of fome fpecies are faid 
to tafte of mufk, which perhaps depends on the 
qualities of the plants they feed on. 
This preface was thought neceffary to point out 
the difference in nature between this and the Goat 
kind, with which moft of the fyflematic writers 
have claffed this animal: but the Antelope forms 
an intermediate genus, a link between the Goat 
and the Deer. They agree with the firfl, in the 
texture of the horns, which have a core in them ; 
and they never caff them : with the laft, in the 
elegance of their form, and great fwiftnefs. 
* With arcuated horns. 
13. Blue. Blue Goat. Kolberis Cape. II. Antelope Lewcophcsa. PaltasMif- 
114. cel. 4. Spicil. Zool. 6. Br.Muf. 
A. with fharp-pointed, taper, arcuated horns bend¬ 
ing backwards, marked with twenty prominent rings, 
but fmooth towards their points, twenty inches long: 
ears fharp-pointed, above nine inches in length : 
larger than a buck: color, when alive, a fine blue; 
when dead, changes to a bluifh grey, with a mix¬ 
ture 
