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this type are very plentiful, by H.R.H. the Duke of 

 Connaught as a gift to Queen Victoria, and these were 

 placed at the Prince Consort's Shaw Farm at Windsor. 

 The late Mr. Tait, who had charge of this farm, desiring 

 to breed from the animals, sent them to a three-parts 

 Nubian male, then in my possession, by Sedgemere Chan- 

 cellor, by whom they were served, but nothing came of the 

 service. On the death of the Queen these goats were 

 transferred, with other animals from Windsor, to the Zoo- 

 logical Gardens in Regent's Park. An application was 

 subsequently made by the British Goat Society to the King- 

 for permission to take charge of, and attempt a second 

 time to breed from, these animals, and consent was very 

 graciously given by His Majesty. One goat went to Mr. 

 Ravenscroft, of St. Albans, where it was successfully 

 mated, but it unfortunately died during parturition, the 

 kid, which was of enormous size, having to be destroyed 

 in the hope of saving the life of the dam. The other 

 and older goat was sent first to Mr. H. E. Hughes, of 

 Broxbourne, and subsequently to Mr. Sam Woodiwiss, of 

 Great Waltham, but, though repeatedly served by different 

 males, she never brought forth kids, and eventually died 

 of old age on the farm of the latter breeder. An 

 illustration of these goats, prepared from a photograph 

 taken whilst in my possession, is given on page 267 

 (Fig. 37). 



The next importations were males only. One of these 

 was obtained in 1903 by Mr. Sam Woodiwiss from the 

 menagerie of Mr. Geo. Sanger, and named accordingly 

 Sedgemere Sanger. This animal (a photograph of which 

 is reproduced on page 288) had all the characteristics of 

 the Zareber as given below, and may therefore be regarded 

 as a true specimen of that varety of Nubian. The other, 

 Bricket Cross, was only nominally Nubian, having been 

 imported from the Chitral by Mr. Cross, of Liverpool, 



