114 POPULAR SCRIPTURE ZOOLOGY.

said that they are generally of a graceful and symmetrical
form, remarkable for their swiftness and agility, and of a
restless and timid disposition: their horns, though of many
different forms, are all round and annulated, in some
species straight, in others curved or spiral; in some the
females have no horns, in others these appendages are
found in both sexes. They all possess an acute sense of
smell, their eyes are remarkably bright, and their fleetness
is proverbial. The hair is generally short and smooth, but
some species are furnished with manes on the neck and
shoulders; the ears are long and pointed; the tail short
and tufted at the end.

Antelopes are generally: gregarious: in some species the
herds amount to two or three thousand, while others live
in pairs, or in companies of five or six. These animals
appear to be a connecting link between the goat and deer:
like the former, they do not shed their horns, but in size, de-
licacy of form, colour of the hair, and fleetness, they bear a
striking resemblance to the latter. They principally in-
habit the torrid zone, frequenting cliffs and rocky situations,
or traversing vast wildernesses: many species are found in
Asia, still more in Africa, but only one in Europe, the alp-
loving chamois, and not a single species of the true ante-