. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. - intoEurope by the south. Several varieties of the wild goat still existin Europe, Asia, and Africa, but in Europethey have almost disappeared. In the four-teenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries theywere found in vast numbers in the Alps,from Mont Blanc to Salzburg in Styria. Theywere usually seen in large troops on the high-est mountains, seeking their food near thesnow limit. The bucks were very tall, withlarge horns curving slightly backward. Thefemales were much smaller in size, with smallhorns. They were and are bold
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. - intoEurope by the south. Several varieties of the wild goat still existin Europe, Asia, and Africa, but in Europethey have almost disappeared. In the four-teenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries theywere found in vast numbers in the Alps,from Mont Blanc to Salzburg in Styria. Theywere usually seen in large troops on the high-est mountains, seeking their food near thesnow limit. The bucks were very tall, withlarge horns curving slightly backward. Thefemales were much smaller in size, with smallhorns. They were and are bold leapers, andwill spring without hesitation from one pointedrock to another, across giddy preci])ices, flee-ing o\-er glaciers, if pursued. This interesting animal (known now as thechamois) maintained its abode for a long time.
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