36 The 'Book of the Coat. 



evidence of being a remarkable milker. Large herds of 

 these goats are driven through France, and even as far as 

 Belgium, in the same way that Irish droves are distributed 

 about England during the summer months. In years past, 

 before the restrictions against the importation of goats 



Fig. 3. Mr. Sam Woodiwiss's Alpine (Sundgau) Sedgemere Faith, 

 a wonderful milking goat. 



from abroad^ some of these Bearnese goatherds found their 

 way into this country, and even into London, where the sus- 

 tenance of their animals seemed to be chiefly derived from 

 eating the advertisements off the hoardings. It was from 

 these droves that the specimens I have alluded to were 

 obtained. Fig. 25, on page 139, shows one of these, a 



