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rapid motion. A chamois is able to stand on the summit of a pinnacle of rock 
with all its four feet gathered into a space of the size of a crown piece; and as its 

















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































THE LEAP OF THE CHAMOIS. 
sense of sight, smell, and hearing, are of the acutest, its pursuit taxes the utmost 
powers of the hunter. 
