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pearance of a small albino buffalo, except that the 

 buffalo has long hair on the fore-legs and shoulders 

 only, while that of the goat is long all over the body 

 with the exception of the lower parts of the legs and 

 upper part of the face. 



The horns of this specimen were finely shaped and 

 without blemish. All goats have horns, those of the 

 old males reaching six inches in circumference, while 

 those of the females are but slightly smaller. The 

 horns stand well up, curving backwards and slightly 

 outwards. Behind them are the musk-glands, which 

 on the old males stand up two inches and are so 

 strongly impregnated with musk that they taint the 

 whole body, making the flesh unfit for food. Near 

 the horn these glands are bare and scaly, but away 

 from this part they are covered with hair. When 

 cut open they show a pink colour and give out a 

 strong musky odour. 



The goat's nose is covered with short hair to the 

 tip, with the exception of a narrow median streak 

 between the nostrils. The eyes are straw colour in 

 the living animal, but turn to a dark chestnut a short 

 time after death. Under the throat the coarse hair 

 hangs in a beard similar to that of the common goat. 

 The hair on the legs is long, as well as that on the 

 hump between the shoulders. This hump is one of 

 the peculiarities which has long puzzled naturalists 

 who have not taken the trouble to see the animal in 

 his native haunts. It is simply a lengthening of the 

 spinous processes of the dorsal vertebrae. The tail is 

 very short and the ears small and pointed. The lat- 

 ter are evidently of little use to the animal so far as 



