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with horns about 35 inches, and a smaller male and 

 female; llu-y were about 400 yards off, moving up through 

 some thin scrul) and watching the ground below them. 

 Ali at Hrst said there were four, and that one had lain 

 down ; however, as he could not point out the place or 

 find the animal again with the glasses, I doubted the state- 

 ment. The three ibex in sight kept working up and 



Mount Buiheat, the Home of the Ibex. 



away from us, the larger male and female going over a 

 ridge, while we lost sight of the third altogether. We 

 started to follow them, and had gone some distance when 

 Ali stopped me, saying he had found the big one which he 

 had first seen ; and, after some little time, I made him out 

 quite 180 yards off, lying in deep shadow under an over- 

 hanging rock, and half concealed by a bush which grew 

 in front. It was an awkward place to get at; in fact I 

 could see no point that commanded it, except the one we 

 were on ; and as the creature had his head turned our 



