40 GOAT. Class I. 



cefTive venery prevents longaevity, for they feldom 

 live in our climate above eleven or twelve years. 



Thefe animals with amazing fwiftnefs and fafety, 

 climb up the moft rugged rocks, and afcend the 

 mofl: dangerous places : they can (land unmoved 

 on the highefl: precipices, and fo balance their 

 centre of gravity, as to fix themfelvcs in fuch fitu- 

 . ations with fecurity and firmnefs; fo that we feldom 

 hear of their falling, or breaking their necks. 

 When two are yoked together, as is frequently 

 pradifed, they will, as if by confent, take large and 

 hazardous leaps •, yet fo well time their mutual ef- 

 forts, as rarely to mifcarry in the attempt. 



The origin of the domeftic goat is the Stein- 

 hoc^ Ibex or wild goat, Syn. quad. No. 9. a fpecie$ 

 now found only in the ^Ips^ and in Crete, 



Horns 



