26 NATURAL HISTORY. 
the fhoulder. . The hinder parts are fo low, that, whea 
ftanding upright, it greatly refembies a dog fitting. 
Neither the form nor the temper of this animal adapts 
him for hoftility or defenfe ; he is therefore timoreus 
and inoffenfive, and, notwithitanding its fize, will en- 
deavour to avoid, rather than attack an enemy. It is 
chiefly a native of Ethiopia. The extraordinary length 
of his fore legs obliges him to divide them when he 
feeds on vegetables; to avoid. which trouble, he fub- 
fifts moftly on the leaves of trees. It is very rare im 
Europe ; but in earlier times it wasknown:to the Re- 
mans, as, among the collection of eaftern animals, 
made on the celebrated Preneftine pavement, by the 
direction of Scylla, the camelopard is found. It was 
likewife exhibited by Julius Czfar, in the Circean 
games. 
It was fuppofed by the Greeks to be generated be- 
tween a camel and a leopard, from whence it derives 
itsname. Itis fo uncommon, that not above one or 
two have been feen in Europe for many hundred 
years. Some have necks fifteen feet long. Whea 
they walk, they move both their fore legs together. 
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ANTELOPE. | 
Is principally diftinguifhed from the goat and deer, 
by having its horns annulated and twifted, bunches 
of hair on the fore legs, the lower part being ftreaked 
with black, red, or brown, and the infide of the ears 
having three white ftreaks. , i 
The Antelope. generally inhabits the warmett cli- 
mates, thofe of America excepted. “It is equally ac- 
tive and elegant, timid, lively and vigilant. Like the 
hare, its hind legs.are longeft. 1¢ has alfo cloven feet, 
and permanent horns, like the fheep, which are 
fmallerin the female thanthemale. . 
he chafe of thefe animals is a favourite diverfion 
in the Eaft. In fleetnefs they exceed the greyhou 
which-frequently caufes the fportimen to train a falcon 
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