The Giraffes were found on the south-eastern side of Lake Tchad generally in parties of from two to five or six. They are tolerably numerous, but not very common. The motion of these animals is not elegant; their pace is a short canter, in which they seem to drag their hind legs after them, m an awkward fashion : their speed, however, is such as to keep a horse at a pretty smart gallop. The skin brought home by Major Denham 18 that of a y °anS animal, not above a year and a half or two years old ; the colours are very much lighter than on the skin of an adult animal. In its wild state, tire Giraffe carries its head remarkably erect; a character which, Major Denham remarks, is not faithfully preserved in any figure he has seen of this animal. Genus. A n t il o p e . Pall. Species 6.—Antilope Senegalensis. Antilope Senegalensis. Desm. Mamm. p. 457. Le Koba. Puff. xii. pi. 32. f. 2. Senegal Antelope. Penn. Quad. I. 103. Only the head and horns of this animal were brought home by Major Denham; it was found on the plains of central Africa. The natives call this species Korrigum. Species 7.—Antilope bezoartica. Antilope gazella. Gmel.1...190. Capra bezoartica. Linn. I. 96. Algazelle. Buff. xii. pi. 33. f. 1, 2. Algazel Antelope. Penn. Quad. I. 77. Linnaeus’s description of Capra bezoartica speaks of the horns as being entirely annulated but Brisson, to whom Linnaeus refers, says they are annulated nearly to the end. In our specimens, a considerable extent from the apex is without the rings. This difference may probably arise from age. In other respects, the horns before us perfectly answer the description of those of Linnmus’s Capra bezoartica. M. Gmelin seems to have made some confusion between the Capra Gazella and C. bezoartica of Linnaeus. He has changed the specific name of Gazella into that of oryx, and he- has made Linnaeus’s bezoartica the Gazella of himself. Only two horns of this species, and those apparently not fellows, were sent home. This animal was found on the south side of the River Shary, in central Africa. Species 8.—Antilope cervicapra. Antilope cervicapra. Pall. Capra cervicapra. Linn. I. 96. Antilope. Buff. xii. pi. 35 and 36. Common Antelope. Penn. Quad. I. 89- We have only the horns of this animal. Its African name is El Buger Abiad, or the White Cow. Genus. Bos. Linn. Species 9.—Bos taurus. Bos taurus. Linn. t. I. 98. Major Denham brought home a pair of horns of enormous size, belonging evidently, from their form, texture, and mode of insertion, to a variety of the common Ox, of which he states that two kinds exist in central Africa, one with a hump before, and very small horns; the other altogether of a larger size, also with a hump, and immense horns. The circumference of one of the horns before us, at the largest part near the base, is twenty-three inches and a quarter; its length, following the line of curvature, three feet, six inches and a half. It has two curves; and weighs six pounds and seven ounces. Internally it is extremely cellular, or rather cavernous. Species 10.—Bos bubalis. Bos bubalis. Linn. I. 99. Le Buffle. Buff. xi. pi. 25. Buffalo. Penn. Quad. I. 28. We possess the head, with the horns. The name by which the native Africans call this animal is Zamouhe,
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