76 Domestic Animals 



his chin, and John was very anxious to measure it. 

 They noted several of his peculiarities; he did not 

 trot off quietly like a pony, but walked in a jerky, 

 uncertain way, stopping often, and was ready to 

 investigate everything that attracted his attention. 



He was a sort of gray in color, with a short head, 

 forehead flat and wide, and a small nose. His horns 

 were quite large, rather flat near the head and curving 

 toward the back. They looked in his mouth, and 

 Miss Clare told them that goats have thirty-two 

 teeth, but as they do not have them all at once, any 

 more than children do, people tell the age of goats 

 by the number of their teeth until they are five years 

 old. Fred was questioned as to the food Billy ate. 



He said, "He doesn't eat very much of any one 

 thing. He likes lots of kinds; a little corn, a bite of 

 potato, a piece of cabbage, and some oats. He eats 

 hay, too, and any kind of green things. Papa says 

 he eats tin cans, and nails, and old iron, but he is 

 only in fun when he says that; but he truly does 

 want to taste of everything he sees, for he ate some 

 paint off the carriage one day, and another time we 

 found him chewing an old harness. You have to 

 look out for him and not leave things where he can 



