62 -The Boofc of the Goat. 



generally spherical, and so long and heavy that the natives 

 are in the habit of suspending it in a leather bag to keep it 

 from dragging on the ground.* Head short ; the facial line 

 is strongly arched at the upper part, and then depressed 

 towards the nostrils, which are somewhat flat. The lower 

 lip projects very often beyond the upper, exposing the front 

 teeth as in the bulldog. The eyes are large and almond- 

 shaped, and the cheek-bones are prominent. The colour 

 of the coat varies, the colours which predominate being a 

 mahogany-red, nut-brown, white-cream, black, and a kind 

 of bluish-grey. Three or four colours are often observ- 

 able on the same subject. These are disposed in so 

 diversified and so peculiar a manner that at a distance the 

 animal gives the idea, according to its colour at least, of a 

 cow rather than a goat." (Fig. 7 shows the camel-like 

 head of the Zareber variety.) The quantity of milk M. 

 Crepin announces as the utmost he has got (a yield, however, 

 he is quite satisfied with) is 3 litres (a little over 5 pints). 

 He adds : " At the age of three or four years, when their 

 growth is completed, they will give at least double."! 

 This is somewhat speculative and rather improbable. It 

 is worthy of remark that M. Sacc speaks of the Nubian 

 as a tall animal. Now, those of M. Crepin that we were 

 acquainted with were quite diminutive, and he himself 

 refers to them in the same manner, giving their height as 

 from 65 to 70 centimetres (26in. to 28in.). Those we 

 saw were not more than 24.in. Sedgemere S anger, a repre- 

 sentative of this breed, depicted on page 288, was also a 

 diminutive animal, a feature noticeable in his produce. 



* It is inconsistent for a "spherical" udder to be of tbis 

 description. 



f By a strange coincidence, at the time these words were written 

 a letter was received from M. Crepin announcing his being obliged 

 to dispose of most of his goats in consequence of taking up his 

 residence permanently in Paris. 



