HUNTING THE IBEX. 



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THE IBEX. 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



HUNTING THE IBEX. 



TTHIS bold and powerful animal, 

 armed with huge sweeping 

 horns, inhabits the Alpine heights 

 of Europe, and Western Asia. It 

 associates in small troops, con- 

 sisting of a male and a few 

 females. The horns of the 

 male curve boldly over the back, 

 their anterior surface presenting 

 a series of regular protuberances 

 or partial rings; their length is often three feet. In the female 

 they are smaller, The hair ( f the Ibex in summer is short and 



