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22. Antilope leucoryx, or the leucoryx : has very 
long, (lender, upright, taper, (harp-pointed, horns, very 
llightly bent backwards, and annulated at the bafes : the 
body of a milk-white colour. It inhabits the i(land of 
Gow Bahrein in the bottom of the Perfic Gulph near Baf- 
fora. This fpecies is about the fize of a Wellh riint, or 
fmall cow ; the head is large and broad, with a thick 
broad nofe, like that of a cow', and fomewhat douching 
ears ; the body is thick and clumfy, and the whole animal 
is of a pure white colour, except the middle of the face, 
the fides of the cheeks, and the limbs, which are tinged 
with red ; the tail is longifh, and is tufted at the end with 
a brulh of hairs; the horns are very long, Bender, (harp- 
pointed, and of a black colour. Dr. Pallas mentions a 
horn, apparently belonging to this animal, or Come nearly 
refembling fpecies, being found, in a fofllle (late, in Si¬ 
beria. The female comes into feal'on in autumn, and 
brings forth in fpring. 
23. Antilope oreas, or the African elk-antelope : of a 
grey colour; having ftraight, tapering, (harp-pointed, 
horns, which are furrourided at the bafe with a fpiral 
ridge. It inhabits India, Congo, and the fouthern parts 
of Africa. Dwells moftly in the mountainous parts of the 
country, living in herds, but the older males are often fo- 
litary. They grow very fat, efpecially about the bread 
and heart, and are eafily caught, as they cannot run with 
any fpeed, and even frequently fall down dead during the 
chace. This animal is thick in the body, (irongly made, 
and is near five feet high at the (houlder; the head is red- 
dill), with a dulky line on each cheek, and a dripe of long 
loofe hairs on the forehead; the body of a bluifh afh co¬ 
lour, fometimes white, and (potted with red and grey ; 
it has a (hort black mane along the neck and ridge of the 
back; the tail is (hortilh, and is tufted with black hairs 
at the end ; the females have horns exactly fimitar to thofe 
of the males, and both are made into tobacco-pipes by the 
Hottentots. The flefli is fine grained, very juicy, and is 
reckoned delicious. The lachrymal groove is wanting in 
this fpecies. Pennant has named it the Indian antelope. 
24. Antilope feripta, or the harneffed antelope : the 
horns are draight, tapering, (harp-pointed, and directed 
backwards, having two (piral ridges along their whole 
length ; the body is marked with twp longitudinal white 
bands along the fides, which are, eroded by others in a 
perpendicular direction. Inhabits Africa, where it is cal¬ 
led the fpotted goat. It lives in large herds in the plains 
and woods ; the horns are about nine inches long ; the ears 
are broad ; the general colour is chefnut, with two white 
ftripes along each fide, eroded With two perpendicular 
ftripes from the back to the belly, and two perpendicular 
ilripes on each hip, altogether giving the appearance of 
harnefs ; beneath each eye is a white fpot; and there are 
Come white fpots on the thighs ; the under part of the 
neck, a part of the cheeks, and the inner part of the.legs, 
are white ; the forehead and ridge of the back are black. 
This animal is four feet and a half long, from the nofe to 
the rump, and two feet eight inches high ; the tail is ten 
inches long, and is covered with long hairs. It is called 
jOtilofes, or jalofes,by the negroes. 
25. Antilope grimmia, or the Guinea antelope : lias 
(hort, (lender, ftraight, (harp-pointed, horns, which are 
furrowed their whole length, and (lightly annuluted at the 
bafes; a large lachrymal cavity under each eye, and a 
tuft of black hairs between the horns. It inhabits Gui¬ 
nea. This is a very elegant animal, about eighteen inches 
.high at the (houlder; the horns of the male about three 
J nches long, and the females are (aid to be hornlefs; the 
c olour is variable, fome being of a bright bay colour, 
' w hile others are brown, mixed with afh-colour, and tinged 
with yellow ; the belly is white, and the tail, which is 
fhort, is white beneath, and black on the upper part; be¬ 
tween the horns is a fmall ere6I pointed tuft of black hairs; 
a black (tripe runs down the middle of the face ; under 
the Chin is a fmall hairy wart; the ears are large, and have 
.three longitudinal deprcllions on the outfide; on each fide, 
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between the eyes and the nofe, is a large depreffion-, al¬ 
ways moift, and containing a fmall quantity of vifeid gum¬ 
my humour, which foon hardens and becomes black; the 
legs are a(h-coloured, remarkably (lender and elegant, the 
tore legs being adorned with a black band as far as above 
the knees, and having only a flight excrefcence inftead of 
fpurious hoofs. At the Cape it is called the diving goat. 
26. Antilope pygmtea, or the royal antelope : has very 
(hort, conically pointed, twifted horns, which are wrin¬ 
kled at the bafes. It inhabits Senegal, Guinea, and the 
hotteft parts of Africa. This very elegant little animal is 
only about nine inches high, and yet is fo exceedingly ac¬ 
tive, that it is (aid to leap over a twelve-feet wall; it is of 
a reddifh brown colour, with jet black horns about two 
inches long; the females have no horns; the ears are 
broad, and the legs are fcarcely bigger than goofe-quills. 
It is eafily made very tame and familiar, but is lo ex¬ 
tremely tender as not to bear being tranfported to Europe. 
27. Antilope fylvatica, or the wood antelope: the 
horns are fmooth, fomewhat fpirally twifted, annulated 
at the bafes, and marked with feveral longitudinal ribs, 
the ends being taper, and (harp pointed. It inhabits the 
fouth of Africa, and dwells chiefly in the woods, and lives, 
together in pairs ; it is about three feet high ; the upper- 
parts of the body are brown, with a whitifh forehead, two 
white fpots on each cheek, a large white fpot under the 
throat, and another at the bottom of the neck ; the bread 
and hinder part of the belly are white, and there are Ce- 
veral white fpots on the thighs and flanks ; the tail is ex¬ 
ceedingly fhort, and a (hort mane runs along the neck and 
ridge of the back ; the whole fur is longilh and coarfe ; 
the horns are from ten to thirteen inches long, and cf 
a black colour, they have feveral longitudinal ribs which 
wind once around their whole length, giving them an an¬ 
gular appearance, and they have a gentle fpiral twift, the 
ends are very (harp, and recede from each other; the fe¬ 
male has no horns. 
28. Antilope (trepficeros, or the ftriped antelope : has 
long, comprefled, wrinkled, tapering, (harp-pointed, 
fpiral horns, having a ridge on one fide which follows the 
wreaths ; the body has a white line along the back, and 
feveral white ftripes acrofs from that down the fides to¬ 
wards the belly and thighs. It inhabits the country near 
the Cape of Good Hope. This elegant fpecies is near 
nine feet long from the nofe to the rump, and four feet 
high at the (houlders ; the body is long, (lender, and of a 
reddifti grey colour; the face is brown, having a white 
line from the corner of each eye, running forwards and 
uniting above the nofe ; in general the tranfverfe ftripes, 
mentioned in the charadter, are (even in number, four of 
which point towards the thighs, and three to the belly, 
but their number varies; there is a (hort mane on the 
neck, and fome long hairs hang down from the throat to 
the bread ; the bread and belly are grey ; the tail, which 
is two feet long, is brow n above, white on the under part, 
and black at the end. The horns are of a dulky colour, 
and naturally wrinkled, though fuch as are brought to 
Europe are generally highly polidied ; they are near four 
feet long, are very clofe at the bafes, above two feet and 
a half diftanf at the poims, and have two fpiral (crew-like 
turns. The female has no horns. It is faid to leap with 
furprifing adlivity to a vaft height. Its eredt and ftately 
pofture will appear from the annexed engraving. 
29. Antilope cervicapra; the lidmee, or common an¬ 
telope : has long, round, prominently annulated, taper¬ 
ing, and fpirally-twifted, horns, which are fmooth and 
(harp at the points. The denomination of common ante¬ 
lope was given to this fpecies by Mr. Pennant, becaufe it 
has been for the longed fpace of time diftinguifhed by 
naturalifts as belonging to the genus of antelopes. Thefe 
are fomewhat inferior in (ize to the fallow-deer. The 
general colour of their body is a dufky brown, mixed 
with red: the belly and the infideofthe thighs are white : 
the orbits of the eyes are likewife white ; and a white fpot 
jatarks each fide of the forehead : the horns are about 
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