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A DESCRIPTION OF 
THE IBEX, OR BOQUETIN, 
Is a Wild Goat, which inhabits the Pyrennean mountains, 
the Alps, and the highest mountains of Greece. He is of 
an admirable swiftness, although his head is armed with 
two long, knotted horns, inclining backwards ; his hair is 
rough, and of a deep brown colour. The male only has 
a beard, and the female is less than the male : this animal 
skips from rock to rock, and often when pursued, jumps 
down enormous precipices, and it is said to bend its head be- 
tween its fore legs while springing, so as to break its fall, 
by alighting partly on its horns. He has been known to 
turn on the incautious huntsman, and tumble him down 
the precipice, unless he has time to lie down, and let the 
animal pass over him. 
