. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 109. li!!!!!llaM^l®:^^^-^^:^^^^^ -? THE CHEVROTAIN AND ^Le Chevrotam de Guwea, Buff.) The Chevrotain, or little Guinea Deer, is the fmalleftof all the Antelope kind, the lead of all cloven-footedquadrupeds, and, we may add, the mofl beautiful. Itsfore legs, at tlie fmalleft part, are not much thicker thana tobacco-pipe; it is not more than feven inches inheight, and about twelve from the point of the nofe tothe infertion of the tail 5 its ears are broad j and itshorns, which are ftraight, and fca
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 109. li!!!!!llaM^l®:^^^-^^:^^^^^ -? THE CHEVROTAIN AND ^Le Chevrotam de Guwea, Buff.) The Chevrotain, or little Guinea Deer, is the fmalleftof all the Antelope kind, the lead of all cloven-footedquadrupeds, and, we may add, the mofl beautiful. Itsfore legs, at tlie fmalleft part, are not much thicker thana tobacco-pipe; it is not more than feven inches inheight, and about twelve from the point of the nofe tothe infertion of the tail 5 its ears are broad j and itshorns, which are ftraight, and fcarcely two inches long,are black and fhining as jet j the colour of the hair is areddifh-brown J in fome a beautiful yellow, very fhortand glofly. Thefe elegant little creatures are natives of Senegal andthe hotteft parts of Africa; they are likewife found inIndia, and in many of the iflands adjoining to that vaftcontinent. In Ceylon, there is an animal of this kind called Ale-mifina, which is not larger than a Hare, but perfed:ly re- no HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. fembling a Fallow-deer. It
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