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occur locally in the Little Caucasus, as, for example, in the government of 

 Eriwan and in the neighhourhood of Kars. They have been reported to 

 occur also at Karabag and Talysch, but apparently incorrectly. 



In his Hi/ntifig 'Irips in the Caucasus^ Prince Demidoff u'ritcs of this 

 animal as follows : — 



" Chamois abound in most parts of the Kouban district, and are far 

 from shy. I had the luck to bag seven in one day. I have met with 

 herds of from seventy to one hundred at one time just above the timber- 

 line in September. When frightened they generally make tor the woods, 

 where I have very often found them on hot days lying in the shade. I 

 have also come across ibex [wild goat] hiding in the forest in the same 

 month." 



THE BUBAL HARTEBEEST 



[Bubalis boselaphus) 



As this long-ficed and somewhat melancholy-looking antelope is 

 common to the north of Africa and Arabia and certain portions of 

 Palestine, it claims mention in the present volume. But since it is essen- 

 tially an African type, and has been described by Sir Harry Johnston in the 

 Great and Small Game of Africa^ nothing further need be added in that 

 respect. Canon Tristram, in his Natural History of the Bible, writes as 

 follows of this animal : — 



"The range of the bubale is extensive, through all North Africa, from 

 Morocco to Egypt, and across into Arabia, where indeed most of the North 

 African desert animals are also found. It lives in small herds. I never 

 myself found it in Palestine, but the Jehalin Arabs know it well by its 

 North African name, and assured me they often obtained it when it came 

 to drink at the streams on the east side of the Dead Sea." 



