OF THE CLASS MAMMALIA. 



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domestic species, lives in troops in the mountains of Persia, 

 and perhaps even amongst the Alps. 



The bouquetin is another wild species inhabiting the sum- 

 mits of the lofty mountains of the Old World. 



Fig. 214. The Mouflon. 



The domestic goat prefers rocky ground as a habitat : its 

 milk is less apt to curdle in the stomach than that of the cow, 



Fig. 215. The Stag. 



and is thus esteemed to be of easier digestion. It is a fearless 



animal, dreading neither heat nor cold, storms nor rain. 



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