2g 
ANTELOPE. 
at the bafe : height about 18 inches : moil elegant 
form : ears large : eyes dufky •, below them a large 
cavity, into which exuded a jftrong-fcented oily 
liquid: between the horns a tuft of black hairs : 
the-£olor of the neck and body brown, mixed with 
onerous* and a tinge of yellow : belly white : tail 
fhort; white beneath, black above. 
I examined this animal a few years ago, in com¬ 
pany with Doctor Pallas , at the Prince of Orange's 
menagery, near the Hague . Several had been 
brought over from Guinea \ but, except this, all 
died. Dr. Pallas faid that the females were horn- 
lefs : it feems, therefore, that Dr. Grimm , who firfl 
defcribed this fpecies, never faw any but the fe¬ 
male. 
19. RoyalJ King of the harts. Bofmans *voy. Muf. I. 70. tab. xliii. 
236. Adanforts voy. 207. 
Petite biche. Des Marchais, I. Le Chevrotain de Guinea. De 
312. Buff on y xii. 315. tab. xliii. fig. 2. 
Cervula parvula Africana. Seb. its horn. 
A. with very Ihort {trait horns, black and fhining 
as jet: fcarce two inches long : ears broad : height 
not above nine inches : legs not thicker than a 
goofe quil: color a reddifh brown: the females 
want horns. 
Inhabits Senegal and the hotteft parts of Africa > 
called in Guinea , Guevei: are very agile, will bound 
over a wall twelve feet high : are very tame, but fo 
tender as not to endure tranfportation into our cli¬ 
mate,, 
Homs 
