. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . THE PIED-GOAT. This animal is Hkewife an inhabitant of the Cape, aswell as the plains and woods of Senegal, where largeherds of them are to be feen. It is remarkable for having a white band running alongeach of its fides, crofled by two others from the back tothe belly, difpofed fomewhat like a harnefs, from whenceit is called the HarneJJed Antelope: On each fide of therump it has three white lines pointing downwards; itsthighs are fpotted with white; the colour of the body isa deep-tawny j beneath each eye there is a white fpo
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . THE PIED-GOAT. This animal is Hkewife an inhabitant of the Cape, aswell as the plains and woods of Senegal, where largeherds of them are to be feen. It is remarkable for having a white band running alongeach of its fides, crofled by two others from the back tothe belly, difpofed fomewhat like a harnefs, from whenceit is called the HarneJJed Antelope: On each fide of therump it has three white lines pointing downwards; itsthighs are fpotted with white; the colour of the body isa deep-tawny j beneath each eye there is a white fpot;its horns are flraight, nine inches long, pointed backward,with two fpiral ribs. Great flocks of them are found inthe plains and the woods of the country of Poder, inAfrica.—It is called, by M. BufFon, the Gulh; and, bySparrman, the Bonti-boky or Spotted Goat. 92 HISTORY OF THE WOOD-GOAT. We are indebted to the indefatigable labours of DrSparrman, for an accurate defcription of this rare animal,which is found in the country about the Cape of GoodHope, and lives chiefly in woods and groves, from whenceit derives its name. Its horns are black, fomewhat more than ten incheslong, and have three fides wreathed in a fpiral direc-tion towards the top ; at the bottom, they are rough,in confequence of a number of wavy rings, which, how-ever, are not elevated much above tlie furface; at thetop, they are round, fliarp-pointed, and in that part asfmooth as if they had been poliflied ; their pofition is al-moft in the fame line with the forehead, inclining a littleforwards, and, by means of the twift they make, recedefrom each other towards the middle, where they arethree inches, and a half diftant •, at the bafe, they areonly one inch. HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 93 The Wood-Goat is fomewhat more than two feet anda half high, of a dark-brown colour, in fome parts bor-d
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