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it to perceive an aggressor at the distance of half a 

 league. Its voice, when undisturbed, is a kind of 

 low bleating, but, when alarmed, it is changed into 

 a shrill blast or whistle, which is known to the herd, 

 and at once sets them upon the alert. 



As at the commencement of these volumes we 

 proposed following tne arrangement of the Rumi- 

 nantia by Major Smith, we shall now proceed to his 

 next forms, though, by later writers of authority and 

 correct investigation, the species to be noticed has 

 been placed with the Goats. The Aplocerine group 

 of the above-mentioned author is represented by 



