. The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . SM. The genus An til rpe eiirht lower and no upper inci-sors ; no canines -, twelve upper and twelve lower molars. Horns in both sexes or in themales only, covering a solid lon^ core, round, compressed, variously influtcd, and oftenmarked by transverse annulations, or a projecting spiral ridge, sometimes hifuicated;nrruzzle partly naked in the greater number; often lachrjinal sinuses; ears large •, legsslender; two or four manunae. 45 354 MAMMALIA—ANTELOPE.
. The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . SM. The genus An til rpe eiirht lower and no upper inci-sors ; no canines -, twelve upper and twelve lower molars. Horns in both sexes or in themales only, covering a solid lon^ core, round, compressed, variously influtcd, and oftenmarked by transverse annulations, or a projecting spiral ridge, sometimes hifuicated;nrruzzle partly naked in the greater number; often lachrjinal sinuses; ears large •, legsslender; two or four manunae. 45 354 MAMMALIA—ANTELOPE. and on the head, back, and outside of the limbs, the hair is darker than onany other part; the orbits of the eyes are white, and there is a small patchof the same color on each side of the forehead; the tail is short. The horns,which are about sixteen inches long, are black, distinctly annulated almostto the top, and have three curves; the brachia, or sides of the lyre, were fre-quently made of these horns, as appears from ancient gems. The femaleis destitute of horns, and may also be known by a white stripe on the The race of antelopes is famous for the concretion known by the name ofbezoar. This word is supposed to be derived from the Arabic language,where it signifies antidote or counter-poison. It is found in the stomach andmtestines of many animals, and brought over principally from the EastIndies. Like all other animal concretions, it is found to have a kind ofnucleus, or hard substance within, upon which the external coatings areformed; for, upon being sawn through, it seems to have layer over layer,as an onion. This nucleus is of various kinds; sometimes the buds of a shrub, some-times pieces of flint, stones of plums, tamarinds, seeds of cassia, and some-times a marcasite. The stone itself varies from the size of an acorn to thatof a pigeons egg; and the larger it is, the more valuable it is reckoned — itsprice increasing like that of a diamond. There w
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