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And thence lick^ ojj Sand^ as Tame (Rattle do Salt^ in order to deanje 
, their Tottgnes and provoke Appetite. 7 he Alpine SWIZZERS^ 
inch T laces SULZEN, as if Salt'y and its njual for the Hurnfmen 
to lodge thesnfelvcs in fome Private Shelters near them, that fo they 
may be ready ivith their Gnns, whenever they come to lick. Alfb 
Wagner in his Natural iiiitory ot ^wiz.z.erUnd, mentions ‘\ocks 
impregnated with jdjtre ^ refort ed unto by the Chamoifes. Such 
Places^ fays our Author, are not ut.cofnmonintheAlpSjfo rvorn 
for many ylgcs by the Tongues of Beafis^ that even the Rocks Are 
made hollow. The Crifons call it GLACK^ and thole of Claris 
and the other LACKlNST^^atS. SVLTZ LACKI- 
NEN. But fuch Stones are not, or at leaft but very few of them, 
impregnated with any Salt ; but fbmewhat Gritty and Fri- 
able, infomuch that they can ealily lick off Sand from them. 
But whether they do this to excite the Appetite, or to rid their 
Tongues of Slime, or elfe to promote Digeftion, is whathewili 
not undertake to determine- but affirms it is certain, that when 
they cannot come at fuch Places, they’ll take up with any Earth 
or Sand that comes in their way •, as will alfo fometimes the 
Cows and Goats. “ When they are hunted, fays gefner.^ they 
“ conftantly alcend, till they get into fuch high Steep Rocks, 
‘‘ £S arc TnaccelTible to the Dogs ; where Dr. Schcuchzer takes 
notice, that in thefe Days, they ufe no Dogs in the Hunting 
them ; And whereas gejher fays, that when taken, they may 
be tamed • he fays, he could not mean thofe that were full 
grown, but their Young ones; which, if only a few Days or 
Weeks old, are ealily caught, becaufe they cannot follow the 
Herd. If older, their Method is, when a Huntfman llioots one 
of the Old ones fuckling her Young, he lies down on the 
Ground, and holding her up as well as he can on the four Feet, 
the Young one coming to Suck, is fnatch’d up and carried home 
bound *, and even fometimes the Slaughter’d Goat on the Huntf- 
man’s Back, is enough to allure the Kid to follow him down to 
his Houfe. Thefe Kids (or rather as fome others would call them 
Fauns*) being brought home, are fed with the Milk of Dome- 
ftick Goats, whereby they become fo tame, that they afterwards 
* RaijSynopf. Meth, Quadrup. & Serp. p 78. Quod ad for- 
mam corporis hoc animal ad cervinam nobis accedere vifum 
eft. 
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