CHAPTER XI 



SHEEP AND GOATS 

 By Major C. S. CUMBERLAND 



CAPRA AEGAGRUS 



THE same goat and sheep is to be found in Asia 

 Minor, Daghestan, in Caucasus, and throughout 

 Persia and Beloochistan, especially in the mountains 

 that extend on the eastern shores of the Persian 

 Gulf. The shape or rather sit of the horns varies a 

 little in different localities. In Northern Persia the 

 horns of the goats are rather thicker than they are in 

 the south, their habits and the nature of the ground 

 they inhabit are identical. The rutting season, how- 



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