. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. lOJ. 11 1 n u \ THE GRYS-BOK, (La Grimmey BufF.) Is of a grayifli or afh colour, with large black ears, anda black fpot round the eyes ; ftraight black horns, flenderand fharp-pointed, not three inches long, flightly annu-lated at the bafe: Its height is about eighteen Inches jand it is mod elegantly formed: Beneath each eye is acavity, that contains a ftrong-fcented oily liquor, whichfmells fomething Hke mufk, and, when expofed to theair, becomes hard and black.—It is the Guinea Antelope ofMr Pennant. TH

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. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. lOJ. 11 1 n u \ THE GRYS-BOK, (La Grimmey BufF.) Is of a grayifli or afh colour, with large black ears, anda black fpot round the eyes ; ftraight black horns, flenderand fharp-pointed, not three inches long, flightly annu-lated at the bafe: Its height is about eighteen Inches jand it is mod elegantly formed: Beneath each eye is acavity, that contains a ftrong-fcented oily liquor, whichfmells fomething Hke mufk, and, when expofed to theair, becomes hard and black.—It is the Guinea Antelope ofMr Pennant. THE KLIP-SPRINGER, Is of a light-red colour, inclining to yellow. Intermixedwith black ftreaks; the tips and edges of its ears areblack: It runs with great fwiftnefs, and makes largebounds, even on the fteepefl precipices, and in the moftrocky places, where it cannot eafily be caught withhounds. G 4 J 04 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS.

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