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HUNTING ADVENTURES. 



THE CHAMOIS. 



CHAPTER IX. 



HUNTING THE CHAMOIS. 



HE Chamois, or Alpine Goat, 

 formerly considered as the 

 parent of the domestic breed, 

 has by later naturalists been 

 placed as a distinct species. 

 In its general features, how- 

 ever, with the exception of 

 the horns, which, of a beau- 

 tiful black, rise between the 

 eyes, bend backward, and 

 terminate in hooks, and the 

 want of a beard, the chamois 

 greatly resembles the tame 

 goat. Its height is about 

 two feet three or four 

 inches : its hair is short like 

 that of the do*>. of pn 



