THE IN E PAUL GOAT AND THE GOAT OF 

 UPPER EGYPT. 



PLATE X. 



THESE two animals would almost seem not to be 

 varieties, but distinct species, though perhaps there 

 is not so much difference as we see in some of the 

 races of the dogs ; and this is one of those points in 

 natural history which is extremely difficult to prove, 

 even with the most extensive menageries and most 

 favourable situations. The most marked characters 

 in the black figure, the Nepaul Goat, is its high and 

 slender figure. The arched form of the nose, occa- 

 sioned by the convexity of the nasal bones ; and the 

 long and pendulous ears generally of a white colour, 

 or paler than the tint of the body. 



The other figure on the plate, the Goat of Upper 

 Egypt, is generally of a brown colour, standing high, 

 and somewhat of the form of the Nepaul Goat. The 

 hair longer and more shaggy, the bones of the nose 

 very much raised, and the appearance of the chin 

 and ftice, with the exhibition of the teeth, putting 

 one in mind of the pugs among dogs. The ears are 

 also ample and pendent ; from the neck there is fre- 

 quently hanging two fleshy tubercles, an accessory 



