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Tin: TZZAKD 



The I/zartI, as tlie clKUiiois iA' the I^vrenees is l(»c;ill\- callcil. 

 IS practically identical with its cousin of the Alps, it is a 

 proof of the persistency of th(> race that, notwithstanding 

 the ciioiiiioiis geological pci'iod wliidi niiisi haxc elapsed 

 since the two branches of the family were separated i)\- the 

 Kli')iii' ami the I'lains of Laiimiedoe, llie\' lia\'e dixcru'ed so 

 sliglitlx". The facial marks of the Pyreneaii animal are 

 rather darker than those of its congener, ami in all its 

 parts it is perhaps somewhat smaller, especially m the 

 horns which ai'e mnrc -lendei-. hut this is onl\' part of a 

 o-eneral law uiidei' which certain animals, such as the 

 chamois and the red deer, show a more vigorous dcxelop- 

 ment as you travel eastward to a wider continent. There 

 is fulh' as nnich ditference in tins i'es|ieri lietwrcn the 

 chamois of Transylvania and that of the Alj)s, as between 

 the hit t(M' and the iz/.;iril. 



The I'yrenean peasants, whether on the j'^rench or 

 Spanish side. raid^. with one or two noi.ihlr excej)tions, 

 fir below those of the Alps, liotli in enthusiasm for the 

 " chasse,'' and in tin' science of hunting: and some of 



