THE IBEX. 
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obr 
for 
fire ot* n • 
in • ^ • and on awaking in the morn- 
o It is i^ot uncommon for them to find the 
thr'^^^*^^ to their hut blocked up with snow 
to deep. As the ibexs ascend 
(.Q 'higher regions as soon as the sun begins 
in the mountains, the hunters, 
®^der to gain the heights before them, are 
'g^d to be stirring before the earliest dawn : 
6ith^^^^^ the crafty animals discover them, 
selv^^ scent or sight, they betake them- 
Ig flight, and will run ten or twelve 
i i-ifl beyond the reach of danger, bound- 
, perpendicular ascents and over the 
I'qJj ^ pi'ecipices where no human foot dare 
them. Sometimes the hunters, when 
of this animal, being overtaken by 
ohlio- crags and precipices, are 
gras^^*^ whole night standing, and 
gy P^Og each other for the sake of mutual 
®ho o^o^powered by sleep, they 
fell and be precipitated into the abyss. 
