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BEZOAR STONES 



bezoar, hog bezoar, and monkey bezoar " ! As concretions of one 

 kind or another are not uncommon objects in the alimentary 

 tract of mammals it was easy enough to obtain a fair amount of 

 some substance which was sure to sell well. It is said that a 

 stone weighing four ounces was once sold in this country (or at 

 any rate in Em-ope) for £200. 



" There can be no doubt," observes Mr. Blanford, " that 

 C. aegagrus is one of the species, and probably the principal, from 

 which tame goats are derived." 



The Chamois (liupricapra) and the Goral {Xe morrhaed us) are 



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Fig. 176. — Japanese Goat Antelope. Ki'innrrharchi.s cHsims. x ^V. {¥vots\ Xatiire.) 



best described as Goat-like Antelopes ; but, as already said, it is 

 difficult to split up the Bovidae satisfactorily. The Pujcky 

 Mountain (Inat, Hcq^loceros montanus, is a large Goat-like creature, 



