se gagre, or sægagrus

[Gr. αίγαγρος ( aigagros ) a wild goat: from all ( air ), gen it. αἰγός ( aigos ) = a goat; ἄγριος (agrios) = wild.] A name for the wild goat, the Capra agagrus of Gmelin. It appears to be the stock whence all the varieties of the domestic goat sprung. The male has large horns, whilst those of the female are short or wanting. It inhabits the Caucasus and the mountains of Persia, and is still more abundant in Asia Minor. It may po ibly be wild even in the Alps and the Pyrenees, though the identity of species from these various localities has been doubted. is gregarious. Its name in the Persian mountains is Paseng. IMG:content-0222.png:[graphic] It IMG:content-0223.jpg:[blocks in formation] 2. The name given by Retzius to a red zeolite from Ædelfors. It is considered by J. N. Berlin and by Dana to be an impure Laumonite. [LAUMONITE.]