ANECDOTE OF TWO GOATS. 



LETTER IX. 



FROxM CAROLINE TO EMILY. 



DEAR EMILY, 



Your anecdotes have amused us extremely^ 

 and led us to propose the subject of the modes of de- 

 fence used by animals, as well as the weapons given 

 them for that purpose, to Mr. Palmer for his next 

 lecture; but, as he requires time to collect matter 

 for our instruction on this curious topic, I shall dis- 

 miss that for the present, and relate a remarkable 

 instance of ingenuity, seeming to arise from reflec- 

 tion in two goats, that happened lately near this 

 place. 



On the crag of a high rock, overhanging the sea, 

 are the ruins of an ancient castle, once the seat of 

 feudal grandeur, but now serving only to heighten 

 the romantic vnldness of the prospect. One of the 

 bastions remains nearly entire, along which, at a 

 great height, runs a projecting ledge, perhaps a foot 

 wide. A couple of goats, grazing about the ramparts, 

 by some means got dowm upon the ledge, and one of 

 them advancing till it arrived at an angle, was enabled 



