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OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



Three Maltemc (inATS (left), Two Native Belcian Goats (center) 

 head, neck, and forward part of the body and the body a beautiful black mantle is spread, 



the legs are a fine saffron yellow, merging 

 sometimes into gray, while over the rest of 





A Dangerous Situation 



which results in a splendid contrast of colors. 



If we turn southward from the Alps we 

 come upon the Pyrenees with its particular 

 breed called the Rucc of tlic Pyrenees ; these 

 goats are long-haired, either white or black, and 

 carry magnificent horns. This is the principal 

 breed that goatherds drive in droves through 

 towns to deliver milk for children and invalids. 



The Maltese goat, on the island of Malta, 

 is narrow behind, without horns, short-haired, 

 and somber in color, — generally brown or 

 snuff-colored, varied with white. The hair is 

 moderately fine, between the soft hair of the 

 Angora and the rough hair of the Norwegian 

 goats. Most of them have small horns, but 

 the island also possesses a long-horned variety. 



Italian goats live chiefly among the Apen- 

 nines ; in the days of the Romans they formed 

 the chief wealth of the inhabitants of the 

 mountain regions. 



In Germany there are several much-esteemed 

 breeds, among them being the Black Forest, 



