[In lower margin, hand G:]
dit is de blaauwe bok van de caap, men heeft hem den Zeiran van Buffon genoemt, edog ten onregte; dewyl dit dier, wanneer men hem by de beschryving van den Zeiran in Buffon vergelykt, daar niet aan voldoet;
so ook niet de caapse Gemsbok aan den Pasan, niet tegenstaande de beschrevene horen van den Pasan in Buffon well van den caapsen gemsbok sijn.
egter siet men dat de Pasan in Bufffon een klein dier gesegt word te syn, en dus geen horens van over de twe voet sou dragen.
[Scale of 3’ 6” Rhinelands]
[In lower margin, hand G:]
This is the bluebuck of the Cape, which has been called the zeiran of Buffon, but that is not correct, because, when one compares this animal to the description of the zeiran from Buffon, it does not match.
Similarly, the Cape gemsbok differs from the pasan, although the horns described by Buffon as those of the pasan do indeed belong to the Cape gemsbok.
In fact one sees that Buffon’s pasan is said to be a small animal, which would not have horns over 2 feet long.
[Scale of 3’ 6” Rhinelands]