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eyes. The Orientals, or inhabitants of the East, com- 

 pliment a lady by comparing her eyes to those of the 

 Gazelle. When taken young, though wild and timid, 

 it is easily tamed, and becomes a great favorite. 



The Chamois, of the high mountains of western 

 Europe, is about the size of a goat, of a dark brown 

 color, and its horns, towards the summit, are bent back- 

 wards like a hook. It is very shy, and on the slightest 

 alarm bounds swiftly away over rocks and glaciers, 

 along dizzy heights, where it would seem no animal 

 could get a foothold, often leaping upon a rock just 

 large enough to receive its four feet placed together. 



Sheep and Goats. 

 Sheep have the horns angular and directed back- 



Y\g_ 67. — Mountain Slitcp, or Big-horn. 



