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at first mixed with a small quantity of water. The child 

 drank between three pints and two quarts daily till he was 

 six months old, when his father went to Pau for the 

 winter. There was, however, no occasion to make any 

 change in his diet, for the milk can be obtained very easily 

 indeed in Pau, as goats are driven in herds through the 

 town every day, and are milked before the houses. Till 

 the age of nine months the child was fed on nothing but 

 goats' milk, and thrived in the most satisfactory way, 

 having now grown into a fine boy." 



Referring subsequently to these remarks, another 

 medical man, Dr. Hewitt, of Montpelier, Cheltenham, 

 wrote to me saying : " I fully agree with Dr. R. J. Lee's 

 estimate of the superior value of the milk of the goat, and 

 can write positively as to the advantage of the same for 

 the nurture of the human infant, since all my children were 

 brought up by hand, and for the first six months of their 

 life their staple food was the product of the goat. A 

 marked change was speedily noticed in their aspect when 

 occasionally, from necessity, cows' milk had to be sub- 

 stituted. Moreover, I know from experience that goats' 

 milk is, in very many cases, more easily assimilated and 

 has a better nutritious value than that of the cow in all 

 low conditions of vital force and debility from chronic 

 wasting diseases." 



Goats' MilK.for Domestic Use. 



Apart from its medicinal qualities, however, goats' 

 milk is, for domestic purposes alone, far superior to the 

 ordinary milk supplied by dairymen, as all who have tried 

 it can 'testify. Boiled and used with coffee it is delicious, 

 giving the latter a. rich creamy appearance, whilst a few 

 drops in a cup of tea are more than equivalent to a tea- 

 spoonful of cows' milk. When used in cakes and 

 puddings, its superiority is quickly apparent to the palate, 



