326 BEZOAR STONES CHAP. 
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 
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Fic. 176.—Japanese Goat Antelope. Nemorrhaedus crispus. xz. (From Nature.) 
best described as Goat-like Antelopes; but, as already said, it is 
difficult to split up the ~Bovidae satisfactorily. The Rocky 
Mountain Goat, Haploceros montanus, is a large Goat-like creature, 
