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of the domestic sheep or deer, becoming gende and tame, 

 immediately after it was captured. 



On expressing a desire to obtain a pair of these sheep. 

 Mr. M'Kenzie, the gendeman before mentioned, kindly 

 volunteered his exertions, to procure them for me, and 

 cause them to be transported to Fort William. As an in- 

 ducement for some person, to engage zealously in the pro- 

 secution of this object, I assured him, that a handsome re- 

 ward might be expected, for two or more healthy lambs 

 or sheep, delivered at that place, subject to my disposal. 

 Of his success in this undertaking, he was to apprise me 

 by letter. As yet, however, no intelligence has been re^ 

 ceived in relation to this subject. 



I am, very respectfully, 



S. W. Long. 

 Philcid. Soc.for 

 promoting Agriculture. 



[It is now satisfiictorilj ascertained, that the animal mention- 

 ed by Major Long, is a genuine goat. A fine plate of one, is given 

 by C. H. Smith in the 13th vol. of the memoirs of the Linnsean 

 Society of London,* from a specimen in the British Museum. 

 Mr. Smith calls it aniilope lanigera, wool-bearing antelope: but 

 this is a misnomer, as it possesses marks, totally distinct from 

 animals of the genus antelope.* The wool is more soft and 

 silky, than even that of the Thibet goat, from which the expen- 

 sive shawls of Cachmere are made. M."! 



• 1822. 



• See Dr. Harlan's Fauna Americana, p. 256, Philadelphia, 18*25. 



