. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. Zoo Notes 167 to the city of Jerusalem. Canon Tristram also mentions a very pretty sight he once enjoyed : " AVhen ensconced out of sight in a storax bush, I watched a pair of gazelles with their kid, which the dam was suckling. Ever and anon both the soft-eyed parents would gambol with it as though fawns ; It seems a shame to hunt such beautiful and innocent creatures, especially when, as is often the custom with the Bedouin, both hawk and hound are pitted against the poor gazelle. Were it attacked only
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. Zoo Notes 167 to the city of Jerusalem. Canon Tristram also mentions a very pretty sight he once enjoyed : " AVhen ensconced out of sight in a storax bush, I watched a pair of gazelles with their kid, which the dam was suckling. Ever and anon both the soft-eyed parents would gambol with it as though fawns ; It seems a shame to hunt such beautiful and innocent creatures, especially when, as is often the custom with the Bedouin, both hawk and hound are pitted against the poor gazelle. Were it attacked only by the latter, it could hardly complain of the odds, for its speed is often too much even for the greyhound ; but when confused by the attacks of the falcon, which of course more easity overhauls it, and then dashes at its face, it naturally is almost certain to fall a victim unless fortune has favoured it with an unusually long start. The tastes of the " children of the desert " evidently need educating in the matter of what con- stitutes fair sport. \tr Ruppell's Vultuee, which is shown in Riippell's Vulture, two positions, is in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London
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