Scrambles amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69 (1871)
Whymper, Edward · John Murray (London) · leaf 350
= CHAP. XVI. THE BOUQUETIN, 297 bo (about 5 feet 7 inches),* and from the ground to the top of its back had been, apparently, about 77 centimétres. It is rare to meet with a bouquetin of these dimensions, and the owner of this skin ‘might have been visited with several years’ imprisonment if it had… … The chase of the bouquetin is properly considered a sport fit for a king, atid his Majesty Victor-Emmanuel, for whom it is reserved, is too good a sportsman to slaughter indiscriminately an animal which is an ornament to his dominions. Last year (1869) * Probably stretched jn skinning. 2 Q
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