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and thus, in their figurative language, perfect beauty and 
Gazelle beauty are synonymous. These animals are spread, 
in innumerable herds, from Arabia to the river Senegal in 
Africa. Lions and panthers feed upon them ; and man 
chases them with the dog, the chittah, and the falcon. 
The height of the Gazelle is about twenty inches, the skin 
is beautifully sleek, its body extremely graceful, its head 
unusually light, its ears flexible, its eyes most brilliant and 
glancing, and its legs as slender as a reed. 
THE x\ T YL GHAU, OR BLUE OX. (Antilope picta.) 
THIS is a kind of antelope, found in India. In the wild 
state, these animals are said to be ferocious, but they may 
be domesticated, and in that condition, give frequent 
tokens of familiarity, and even of gratitude, to those 
under whose care they are placed. The female, or doe. is 
much smaller than the male, and is of a yellowish colour, 
by which she is easily distinguished from the buck, who 
is of a grey tint. 
Its manner of fighting is very particular, and is thus de- 
scribed : Two of the males, at Lord Olive's being put 
into an enclosure, were observed, while they were at some 
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