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figures of this numerou> mid < 1, -.;-ant tribe I nm>t. 

 to the \\ork of Schn l>er, where they arc 

 colh cti d fr<>m the \\orks of Pallas ami many 

 <1. M ; -i! It, In tin- Leverian MiiM-um, so unfor- 

 tunati ly doom* d to d n, may lc founcl 



some of the most curious kind-. 



Of the S/nr/> and Gout tribe, or tlie tu> Lin- 

 na-an - n.-ra of Om and C\rpra t it may be suf- 



nt to say, that tin- sjxr'u-s \vliidi is supposed 

 to be the origin of the Common Sheep in all 



arietta, i^ tin- Argali, a large and handsome 

 animal, found in many of the mountainous rc- 

 uion> of the Ka>tern world. In this its natural 

 itate it i> rather covered with hair than wool, 

 and is <>f a pale tau ny-brown colour, with very 

 large horns. 



Tlie Common Goat, in all its varieties, is MIJ>- 

 posed to have descended from the animal called 

 the ///<!, a lar^e and \ery active (jnadriiped, fmmd 

 in situations not dissimilar to those in \\hii-h 

 th< Ar.u r ali <>r A\'ild Sheep is seen. The Ibex is 

 of a brown colour, with r\c - :\ K lariat- and 

 bending or curving backwards and 

 mark. (I above by rows of transverse knobs or 

 half-ci: 



