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which are fmooth j they are bent in the fame manner with 
thofe of the former fpecies, and in general the two ani¬ 
mals refemble each other very much, except that the 
horns of this fpecies are flatted, and have a great number 
of rings. 
15. Antilope Corinna, the Corine antelope : has very 
flender, (hurt, fmooth, ftraightifh, horns, bent flightly into 
the form of a lyre : the upper parts of the body are yel- 
lowifh tawny, the under parts white, with a dulky flripe 
along the tides, and two lines on each fide of the face, the 
upper one white and the other black. It inhabits Senegal. 
This animal is lefs than a roe; the neck, body, and 
flanks, are of a tawny yellow colour, the infides of the 
thighs and belly are white, and a dark line, along the 
iides, divides the two colours ; the knees are tufted with 
hair ; the ears are large ; the horns are about fix inches 
long, alrnolt upright, bending a little outwards in the 
middle, and fomewhat approaching at the tips, the 
lower parts being furrounded with circular wrinkles. 
This fpecies refembles the kevel, in colour, fize, fwift- 
nefs, and mulky odour ; but differs very much from it in 
the figure of the horns ; though Dr. Gmelin, following 
the celebrated Pallas, is difpoi'ed to fufpedt that it is the- 
female of that fpecies. 
16. Antilope bubalis, or the cervine antelope : the 
horns are thick, twifled fpirally, annulated, bent in form 
of a lyre, almofl flraight, and upright at their ends ; 
the head and tail are fomewhat lengthened. It inhabits 
Africa, efpecially Barbary, but is likewife found near the 
Cape of Good Hope and in Arabia. Is about four feet 
high, and of a middle appearance between the general 
form of the deer and ox tribes, with the head refentbling 
that of an ox : the horns are about twenty incites long, 
very ftrong and black, almofl clofe at their bafes, and dif- 
tant at their points; the general colour is a reddilh brown, 
the belly, inner fide of the thighs, and a fpace about the 
rump, are white ; with a dark coloured bed on the ridge 
of the back, the upper part of the fore legs, and hinder 
parts of the thighs ; the tail is about a foot long, is ter¬ 
minated by a tuft of longifli hairs, and refeinbl'es that of 
an afs. It feeds folitarily, gallops heavily, yet with great 
fwiftnefs, fights on its knees, and the flefli is reckoned 
rather dry. This fpecies, according to Mr. Pennant, is 
the animal called hart-beefl at the Cape, and Sparrmann 
is quoted by Dr. Gmelin as defcribing it under the fame 
name in the Stockholm Tra-hfactions, though the figure of 
the hart-beefl, in his journey to the Cape, differs very 
confiderably in the form of the horns, which bend much 
backwards at their ends. This is the budalus of the an¬ 
cients, and not the buffalo, as fo.me writers have aflerted. 
17. Antilope koba, or the Senegal antelope : the horns 
are thick and annulated, very clofe at the roots, bent out 
greatly in the middle, approach again, and then recede at 
th.e ends, which are fmooth, fharp, and bent backwards. 
It inhabits Senegal. This is a large fpecies, the fkin, in 
Mr. Pennant’s Mufeum, being (even feet long; the head 
is large and clumfy, with large ears, {'even inches long; 
the horns are feventeen inches long, and are furrounded 
with fifteen prominent rings ; the head and body are of a 
light reddilh brown colour, with a narrow black lift down 
the hind part of the neck ; the rump is dirty hire there 
is a dufky mark, on each knee, and above each fetlock 
joint; the tail is about a foot long, and is covered with, 
longiih black hair's. 
18. Antilope gnu, or the gnou : the horns are thick, 
rough, and bent much forwards at the bafe, then fuddenly 
turned backwards, hooked fmooth, and dillant at the ends : 
the neck has a mane. It inhabits the country of the great 
Namaquas to the north of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Feeds in large flocks in th.e plains; is exceedingly fierce, 
very 1‘wift,. and fights with its horns.; it frequently ftrops 
on its knees, and runs quickly along in that poiiure, fur¬ 
rowing the ground with its horns and legs j. it is a lingular 
animal, having the body like a horfe, with a thick bull- 
iike head, elegant taper legs like a. deer, and the lachry- 
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mal furrows of the antelope tribe, rt is about fix feet 
and a half long, and three feet and a half high at th.e 
Ihoulders ; of a dark rufty brown colour, the hairs being 
fhort, fmooth, and tipt with white; on the bread and be¬ 
tween the fore legs the hairs are long and black ; the head 
is very large, thick, and clumfy,. with a fquare mouth and 
broad flaps over the noftrils, having fhort ftiff hairs on 
both lips ; thofe on the under lip are intermixed with 
long bridles ; on the lower part of the face, over the nofe, 
is a thick oblong brad) oflong, ftiff, black, refiefted, hairs, 
on each fide of which the hairs are long, fiat, and pointing 
downwards ; on the chin and gullet is a long hanging 
beard, or bunch of white hairs ; the neck is fhort, thick, 
fomewhat arched, and has a ftrong, creCl, afti-co!oured 
mane, which reaches from between the horns to below the 
Ihoulders; the tail is long, white, and flowing, like that 
of a horfe ; the feet have only one fpurious itoof on eftch. 
The females are provided with herns perfectly fimilar to 
thofe of the males, but in the young animals they are 
quite flraight. The flefli is reckoned very good. The 
Hottentots call it gnou, from its voice, which refembles 
the bellowing of an ox ; and it is called an ox by the Eu¬ 
ropeans who vifit that country. 
19. Antilope oryx, or tire Egyptian antelope : has 
flraight, flender, diftinftly annulated, horns, which taper 
to a point : the body and (ides are of a reddilh alb colour, 
having a railed dulky line along the back, the hairs of 
which, at the pofterior end, are reverfed. It inhabits Sy¬ 
ria, Arabia, Pei fia, India, Egypt, Ethiopia, and at the 
Cape of Good Hope. Is about the fize of a fallow deer; 
the Ikin of the individual examined by Mr. Pennant was' 
above fix feet fix inches long : the horns are near three 
feet long, flraight, flender, annulated above half their 
length, and the reft fmooth; the points are fharp, and 
about fourteen inches alunder ; the face is white, with a 
black fpot at the bafe of the horns, another on the middle 
of the face, and one on each fide reaching from the eye to 
the throat, joining that on the face by a tranfverfe band 
of the lame colour; the belly, rump, and legs, are white; 
the white colour of the belly is divided, on the Tides, from 
the reddilh aftt-coloured upper parts, by a broad longitu¬ 
dinal dufky band, which reaches to the bread ; each leg is 
marked with a dulky lpot below the knee ; the tail is near 
two feet and a half long, and is covered with longiih black 
hairs. This fpecies is named gems bock, or chamois, at 
the Cape, and is flip poled by Dr. Gmelin to be the zebi 
of the facred writers, it is a very furious animal when 
woundeo, and cannot then be approached without danger. 
30. Antilope oreotragus, or the klip-fpringer, or Afri¬ 
can ant. lope : has very flraight, tapering, anfharp paint¬ 
ed, horn's, v. nieh are flightly wrinkled at the bales. Co¬ 
lour of the body a yellowilh tawny.. Tail very fhort, lies 
clofe to the body, covered with very fhort hairs, and is- 
fcarcely vBible. Size of a .roebuck, it inhabits- the lum- 
mits of the liigheft and mod tremendous rocks near the 
Cape, and on ihe fight ot man retires to the nidi inaccef- 
lible precipices : and will jump from one crag to another 
over tile ineft frightful a by lies. Nothing cqu ds their ac¬ 
tivity : are (hot with a ball, and are much valued for the 
fine flavour of the flefli. Docl-or Forfterhas given an ac¬ 
curate figure and defeription of tins fpecies. 
ai. Aniilope gaze -1 la, or the algazel : has very long, 
wrinkled, flender, upright, tapering, and (harp-pointed, 
horns, which are flightly bent 'inward's at the ends. It 
inhabits India, Per(ia.,.even its northern parts, Egypt, and 
Ethiopia. Runs fwiftly up hill, but rather llowly on 
plain ground ; it is gregarious, and very e.afilv made tame. 
The general colour of the fur is red, with a white bread 
and beily. 'Die real oriental Bezoar, which-is of a greed- 
il-h and bluifli colour,, and " hen recent has a very power¬ 
ful aromatic odour, is-frequently found in the fourth fto- 
inacli of this fpecies,. chiefly in thofe of males and full- 
grown animals, and more fcldbm in-the ftomach of fe¬ 
males or younger individuals. From this circ.un fiance it 
is called by many writers,, the bezoar antelope, . 
