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BEZOAR STONES 



bezoar, hog bezoar, and monkey bezoar " ! As concretions of one 

 kind or another are not uncommon objects in the alimentary 

 tract of mammals it was easy enough to obtain a fair amount of 

 some substance which was sure to sell well. It is said that a 

 stone weighing four ounces was once sold in this country (or at. 

 any rate in Europe) for 200. 



" There can be no doubt," observes Mr. Blanford, " that 

 C. aegagrus is one of the species, and probably the principal, from 

 which tame goats are derived." 



The Chamois (Rupricapra) and the Goral (Nemorrhaedus) are 



FIG. 176. Japanese Goat Antelope. Nemorrhaedus crisjms. X T \. (From Nature.) 



best described as Goat-like Antelopes ; but, as already said, it is 

 difficult to split up the Bovidae satisfactorily. The Eocky 

 Mountain Goat, Haploceros montanus, is a large Goat-like creature, 



