THE STORY OF THE GAZELLE. 



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horns at all points to their enemies ; yet, notwithstanding their courage, they 

 are the common prey of the lion and panther, and are hunted with great per- 

 severance by the Arabs and Bedouins of the desert. When taken young they 

 are easily domesticated, and soon become familiar. This animal is frequently 

 cut upon the monuments oi Egypt and Nubia. 



Referring again to the beautiful Arabian gazelle, or as it is properly called, 



RED-FRONTED GAZELLE. 



ariel gazelle, it may be said that it is still hunted by the Arabs for its flesh, 

 w^hich is excellent, as it was by the ancient Egyptians. 



On the eastern frontier of Syria are several places allotted tO' the hunting 

 of this animal, or rather for its entrapment or destruction. An open space on 

 the plain, about one mile and a half square, is enclosed on three sides by a 

 wall of loose stones too' high for the gazelle tO' leap over. Gaps are left in 

 different parts of the wall, and at each gap a deep ditch is sunk on the outside. 



