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A “Unicorn” from Across the Zodiac: The Story of a Wrecked Record (1880) by Percy Greg.

“At a little distance I saw half-a-dozen animals somewhat resembling antelopes, but on a second glance still more resembling the fabled unicorn. They were like the latter, at all events, in the single particular from which it derived its name: they had one horn, about eight inches in length, intensely sharp, smooth and firm in texture as ivory, but marbled with vermilion and cream white. Their skins were cream-coloured, dappled with dark red. Their ears were large and protected by a lap which fell down so as to shelter the interior part of the organ, but which they had not quite lost the power to erect at the approach of a sound that startled them.”

“I noticed that all were female, and their abnormally large udders suggested that they were domestic creatures kept for their milk.”

Description
A “Unicorn” from Across the Zodiac: The Story of a Wrecked Record (1880) by Percy Greg.

“At a little distance I saw half-a-dozen animals somewhat resembling antelopes, but on a second glance still more resembling the fabled unicorn. They were like the latter, at all events, in the single particular from which it derived its name: they had one horn, about eight inches in length, intensely sharp, smooth and firm in texture as ivory, but marbled with vermilion and cream white. Their skins were cream-coloured, dappled with dark red. Their ears were large and protected by a lap which fell down so as to shelter the interior part of the organ, but which they had not quite lost the power to erect at the approach of a sound that startled them.”

“I noticed that all were female, and their abnormally large udders suggested that they were domestic creatures kept for their milk.”