THE GOAT. 55 



upon beds made of their skin ; their milk, combined with 

 oat bread, supplies them with food ; their flesh indeed 

 they seldom eat, as they consider it a luxury they ought 

 not to enjoy, for the greatest epicure will allow that the 

 kid is a delicate repast for the most vitiated taste. 



The goat is fattened in the same manner as sheep, 

 but in our climate their flesh is not so sweet ; between 

 the tropics both undergo a change, for the mutton be- 

 comes both flabby and lean, whilst the meat of the goat 

 is relishing and good. 



The goat # is an inhabitant of most parts of the globe, 

 but the Angora breed is deservedly most prized : their 

 colour is of the most dazzling white; the hair is long, 

 thick, and glossy, and the inhabitants derive from it a 

 most advantageous trade : the stuffs which are manufac- 

 tured from this commodity are known amongst us by 

 the name of camblet. The eals of the Angora sroat are 

 longer and broader than our own ; the horns much of 

 the same length, but black in colour, and turned very 

 differently, springing out horizontally on each side the 

 head, and twisting round in a cork-screw shape. 



The Assyrian goat is somewhat larger than our own, 

 and the ears hang pendant till they nearly reach the 

 ground ; the horns are not above two inches long ; the 

 hair in colour resembles a fox; and there are two ex- 

 crescences under the throat which bear a similitude to 

 the gills of a cock. These animals are driven through 

 the streets of Aleppo for the purpose of supplying the 

 inhabitants with milk. 



In America there is another species of this animal, 

 which seldom exceeds the size of a kid, yet the hair is 



* The goat, like the sheep, goes five months with young, and has 

 sometimes two or three at a birth. 



D<2 



