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CHAPTER XVII. 



The Goat : its mode of life and yield of milk — Goat's whey 

 — Flesh : and delicacy of that of the kid — Habits : consti- 

 tution and disposition. 



Goldsmith has observed, in his ' Natural 

 History,' that " there are some domestic ani- 

 mals which seem as auxiliaries to the more 

 useful sorts ; and that, by ceasing to be the 

 first, are considered as nothing. We have 

 seen the services of the ass slighted, because 

 inferior to those of the horse ; and, in the 

 same manner, those of the goat are held 

 cheap, because the sheep so far exceeds it. 

 Were the horse or the sheep removed from 

 nature, the inferior kinds would then be in- 

 valuable ; and the same arts would, probably, 

 be bestowed in perfecting their kinds, that 

 the higher order of animals have experienced. 

 But, in their present neglected state, they 

 vary but little from the wild animals of the 

 same kind. Man has left them their primitive 

 habits and forms, and the less they owe to 



