1868. 407 ' [Hayes. 



tufts, a disposition which is loss marked in the anterior part of the 

 neck. The hairs which exhibit the greatest length are situated above 

 the forelegs, and are almost nine and one-half inches long. Those of 

 t/ie neck are a little shorter and are nine Inches long, and those of the 

 belly eight inches three lines. The length of the hair with which 

 the lateral parts of the body, as well as the back, are covered, is ordy 

 seven inches six lines, and that of the hair of the hind legs six inches 

 to seven inches. Finally the slightly stiff hair of the tail is about 

 four inches in length. The color of the robe of the animal is a pure 

 white, here and there slightly inclining to yellow. The hoofs, some- 

 v/hat small in proportion, are, like the horns, of a greyish Avhite 

 tint. The hair is without exception long, soft and fine; it is at once 

 silky and greasy to the touch, and shows distinctly the brilliancy of 

 silk." 



]\I. Brandt observes that the hairs corresponding most to exter- 

 nal hair have only a third, or at most, do not attain half the 

 thickness of the external hair of the common goat ; and that the 

 external hair of the wild and domestic goats is not only closer, stiffer, 

 and more massive, but has a more considerable torsion and a less even 

 surface, that is to say, it is rougher and more scaly. He also remarks 

 that "the walls of the hair of the Angora goat being thinner than 

 those of the hair of the common goat, the substance contained in the 

 fatty cellules oozes out more readily, which renders the hair of the 

 Angora goat softer and more flexible, and gives it the lustre of silk." 



M. Brandt omits to mention that the long ringlets cover the hair, 

 properly called, which is rough and short and lies sparingly upon the 

 skin. 



The dimensions of the specimen examined by M. Brandt are given 

 by him as follows:* 



ft. in. I. 



From the point of the snout to the root of the tail ... 4 4 2 



Length of head 11 9 



From the point of the snout to the eye 5 l 



From the eye to the ear 2 5 



From the eye to tlie horns 1 9 



Length of ear 6 



Length of horns in direct diameter 1 2 



Length of horns folIo\\iug the curvature 1 6 6 



Distance between horns taken at their roots 2 1 



Distances between their terminal points 1 9 9 



Width of horns at their roots 2 1 



Length of tail, including the hair 9 9 



Height of anterior part of the body 2 2 4 



Height of posterior part of the body 2 2 2 



* Bulletin de la S-^cletti Imptriaie d'Accliniatutiou. T. ii., pp. 316-18. 



