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SUBKINGDOM VBETEBEATA. 



thus serves in the great creative scheme to diminish weeds 

 that would become excessive in grazing districts.* It is the 



cow of the European 



Fig. 97. 



peasantry, a pair 

 often yielding half 

 the support of a 

 family. 



The Ihex difEers 

 from the Goat in 

 having longer and 

 recurved horns, with 

 two longitudinal 

 ridges instead of one, 

 and their transverse 

 markings knotted. 

 The Goat inhabits 



Vapra mgagr-us. Goat 



Mg.98. 



Capra ibex, Uiex. ^. 



* It prefers Bteep and solitary places, leaping singly, or even when two are tied 

 together, across frightful chasms, and always alighting in concert at the desired spot. 

 If two meet in a narrow path, one will lie down and the other walk over Its 

 back.— Cashmere shawls, kid gloves, morocco leather, goat's-hair wigs, and rock 

 venison are Inxnries derived from these humble hnt usefial animals. 



