. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . and pofition. The legs of the Gim are fmall; its hair is very fine;and it has a cavity beneath each eye, like rHoft of theAntelope kind. HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 1^5 THE STEEN-BOJ^,{Le Nagoiy Buff.) Is found in Senegal, and at the Cape of Good Hope.—Its whole body is of a pale-red colour; it is as large as aRoe-buck; its horns, which do not exceed fix inches inlength, are almoft fmooth, and bend a little forward; itsears are five inches long; and it has a white fpot overeach eye.—It is called, by Mr Pennantj the ^ed Antelope. THE

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. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . and pofition. The legs of the Gim are fmall; its hair is very fine;and it has a cavity beneath each eye, like rHoft of theAntelope kind. HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 1^5 THE STEEN-BOJ^,{Le Nagoiy Buff.) Is found in Senegal, and at the Cape of Good Hope.—Its whole body is of a pale-red colour; it is as large as aRoe-buck; its horns, which do not exceed fix inches inlength, are almoft fmooth, and bend a little forward; itsears are five inches long; and it has a white fpot overeach eye.—It is called, by Mr Pennantj the ^ed Antelope. THE SWIFT-ANTELOPE, [Le Nanguerj BufF.) Is likewife a native of Africa, and is found in Senegal.—It is three feet and a half in length, and two arid a halfhigh •, the horns are black and round, eight inches inlength, and, what is fingular, bend forward at the points ;its general colour is tawny 5 belly and thighs white j ithas likewife a white fpot under the neck, is a very harid-fome animal, and eafily tamed; its fwiftnefs is comparedto that of tlie io6 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS.

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