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VERTEBRATA. 



little inclined to fat. These animals are active and restless, and frequently move from place to 



■ ■. They are distinguished bj a Bort of brisk and petulant manner in all their actions. When 



_:, th< y are full of playful humor, running, leaping, and bounding among the hills and rocks; 



in old ago thoy become grave and watchful. They are fond <>f the society of each other, and 



usually live in small flocks. Their natural haunts are among the remote and unfrequented 



- of tie- mountains, where they obtain a subsistence by browsing the scanty herbage or the 



Is and leaves of shrubs. They run with great speed, and the celerity with which they bound 



along t ! ' the steepling cliffs seems almost like the flight of birds. The males have a 



strong and offensive odor; they butt by rising on their hind-legs and coming down sideways 



nst their enemy. Such are the wild race-: those which are domesticated are i lified in 



some of these characteristics, but still the natural traits of the race are strongly marked upon 

 them. They are divided into several genera. 



kl'.M V.S : Kemas. — Of this there are two species, both distinguished by a naked muz- 

 zle and short horns, and both confined to the mountains of Asia. The Warrvato Kemas, K. 

 F Og is found in certain mountainous districts of Ilindostan ; the Jharal Kemas, 

 A*. Jemlaicus — called Jemlah Goat by II. Smith — inhabits the most lofty ridges of Central Asia: 

 it is also found in NepauL It is eminently scansorial and pugnacious, but is easily tamed and 

 readily acclimated in other countries. It is without beard, and the horns are of moderate size* 

 it breeds with the dome-tic goat, and is said to resemble the tame varieties. 



TUE BOGQUITIH, Oil IBEX. 



'' J ►TJQUETTN or IBEX : Ibex.— Ofthis genus, whose name of Bouquetin signifies Buck 



■ ,i|,r " :ir " several s] lea, all noted for "their large horns bending oyer the back, their 



the wild, rocky heights of mountainous regions, and the activity and daring with which 

 they bound along the verges of the most lofty precipices. 



