THE GOAT. 



A Chamois Hunter. 



Hunting the Chamois. 



The Chamois is found among the Alps, the Pyrenees, and the lofty mountains of Asia, bordering on the 

 regions of everlasting ice and snow. Its height is about two feet three or four inches ; the hair is short, 

 and of an ash-color, varying to blackish brown. It is agreeable, lively, and active beyond expression ; its 

 senses are amazingly acute, and by the scent it will discover the hunter at the distance of a mile and a 

 half. The spring of the Chamois is astonishing, and it will throw itself safely down an almost perpendicular 

 height of twenty or thirty feet. It drinks little, and is rather fastidious in feeding, picking out buds and 

 flowers and the tenderest herbs. 



The Ibex, when chased, is a dangerous animal ; as, after it 

 has led its pursuer over dangerous heights and fearful chasms, 

 it will frequently turn on him" and unless he can shoot it 

 before it reaches him, will hurl him over the precipice. It is 

 very wary, and like many other animals, posts a sentry to 

 keep watch , when he sees a suspicious object, he gives notice 

 by a kind of whistle, when the whole of the herd instantly 

 dash off with the greatest speed to the highest point thev 

 can find. 



Hunting the Ibex. 



A Chamois. 



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