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SUBKINGDOM VERTEBKATA. 



thus serves in the great creative scheme to diminish weeds 

 that would become excessive in grazing districts.* It is the 



cow of the European 

 peasantry, a pair 

 often yielding half 

 the support of a 

 family. 



The Ilex differs 

 from the Goat in 

 having longer and 

 recurved horns, with 

 two longitudinal 

 ridges instead of one, 

 and their transverse 

 markings knotted. 

 The Goat inhabits 



Fig. 98. 



Vapra cegagrus. Goat. 



Capra ibex, Ibex. ^. 



* It prefers steep and solitary placep, leaping singly, or even when two are tiea 

 together, across frightful chasms, and always alighting in concert at the desired spot. 

 If two meet in a narrow path, one will lie down and the other walk over its 

 back. Cashmere shawls, kid gloves, morocco leather, goafs-hair wigs, and rock 

 venison are luxuries derived from these humble but useful animals. 



