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at least comparatively so, for it is not smooth, and there 

 is generally a fringe of long hair along the back and down 

 the hindquarters. The muzzle is flesh-coloured, and the 

 eyes have a yellow tint with white eyelashes. In the males 

 there is also a tuft of hair hanging over the forehead 

 between the horns. Both males and females have beards, 



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Fig. 5. Group of Saanen Does and Kids; the property of 

 Mr. C. Sheldon Bull, of Buffalo, U.S.A. 



that of the male, as in the case of the Toggenburg, being 

 very long. Other noticeable features of the Saanen she- 

 goat are its long body, slender neck, and long milking- 

 looking head. I have read somewhere that the head of 

 the male is decidedly masculine ; but in all the specimens 

 I have seen it was, on the contrary, decidedly feminine, 

 which is generally considered a defect. 



