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THE MILK OF MAMMALS OTHER THAN THE COW. 



The Milk of the Goat. The following is the mean composition 

 given by various authorities : 



TABLE LXXXVIL COMPOSITION OF GOAT'S MILK. 



Egyptian Goat's Milk. Hogan and Azadian give the composition 

 of Egyptian goat's milk as 



Total Solids. 

 12-54 



Fat. 

 4-04 



Solids not Fat. 

 8-50 



The goats were habitually underfed. 



None of the constituents differ sufficiently from those of cow's 

 milk to need detailed notice. The acidity was found to average 

 17-5. 



The fat is, however, very white, and the milk and butter have 

 no smell of the goat when reasonable cleanliness is observed. 



The Milk of the Mare. Most of our knowledge of mare's 

 milk is due to Vieth, who carried out an extended series of 

 observations on the stud of mares at the International Health 

 Exhibition in London during 1884. 



Table LXXXVIII. gives an abstract of his results. 



Vieth describes the milk as of a chalky white colour, of sweet, 

 and at the same time somewhat harsh taste, and of aromatic 

 flavour. It had usually an alkaline reaction, the very few 

 exceptions being neutral. 



As this milk undergoes alcoholic fermentation very easily, 

 while* cow's milk does not, there is reason to suppose that the 

 sugar is not identical with milk-sugar. 



The Milk of the Ass. The milk of the ass is considered by 

 some authorities (e.g., Tarnier) to approximate more in com- 

 position to human milk than that of any other animal ; it is 

 used to some extent for infant feeding. 



