126 THE NEPAUL GOAT, &C. 



which is also sometimes seen in some of the breeds 

 of sheep. In the female, the udder is always very 

 pendent, sometimes almost touching the ground. 



One of the prettiest breed of Goats is a dwarf va- 

 riety, originally from Guinea, but now, according to 

 Major Smith and Fred. Cuvier, multiplied in South 

 America. Two of these animals are figured in the 

 work of the latter naturalist, a male and female, prick- 

 eared, but bearing very much in other respects a re- 

 semblance to the young or females of the common 

 domestic breed. The horns are short, and bend 

 backwards. The colour varies to the usual tints of 

 the domestic races, and the forehead and nasal bones 

 are rather concave. The height of the male was only 

 twenty-two inches, that of the female about eighteen. 



