IBEX.— (?r//;;r/ Ihc.v. 



We now arrive at tlic Goats, the first example of which is the celebrated Ibex. 



This animal, an inhabitant of the Alps, is remarkable for the exceeding: 

 development of the horns, which are sometimes more than three feet in length, 

 and of snch extraordinary dimensions that they appear to a casual obsen'cr to be 

 peculiarly unsuitable for an animal which traverses the craggy regions of Alpine 

 precipices. 



It lives in little bands of five or ten in ninnber, each troop being under the 

 command of an old nude, and preseiTing admirable order among themselves. 

 Their sentinel is ever on the watch, and at the slightest suspicious sound, scent, 

 or object, a warning whistle is blown, aiul the whole troop make instantly for 

 the highest attainable i)oint. 



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