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wholly without scientific pretension. Its aim is 

 merely to sketch the animals themselves, and to 

 touch on some of their more striking pecuHarities 

 and instincts ; those, at least, which to me appear 

 most interesting. 



Originally the Chamois was mcluded in the list ; 

 but having described him in another work, it 

 seemed unnecessary to do so here. 



To two ••' communications," made to the His- 

 torical Society by Dr. Foringer and Professor von 

 KobeU, I am indebted for some statistics ; but 

 still more for having thence become acquainted 

 with Dr. Landau's valuable w^ork "Beitrage zur 

 Geschichte der Jagd und der Falknerei in Deutsch- 

 land," from which, for my first and third chapters, 

 I have taken some curious information. 



CHARLES BONER. 



Munich: 18G1. 



