tiOO FAMILY CAl'UID.E ; SYRIAN" AND ANGORA GOATS. 



272. Although from the family Antclopldce, we were led 

 by the Gnu and other Bovine species to the family Kor'nlu', the 

 family we have now to consider, the CAPKID/K or Sl/^ep and 

 Goaf tribe, is equally connected with it, by the Caprine Ante- 

 lopes formerly described (2(57). This family (lifters from that 

 of the Antelopes, by the structure of the core of the horns, which 

 is solid in the latter family, whilst in the Capridce ami Bovidai it 

 is more or less hollowed into cavities or cells. Between the 

 Oxen ami the Sheep and Goats, the principal differences are such 

 as have reference to their size and habits. Between the Goals 

 and the Sheep, the differences are extremely trifling ; for although 

 the distinction is obvious enough in our domesticated breeds, it is 

 almost imperceptible when we compare the wild species ami the 

 domesticated races of other countries. The original stock of the 

 C'.>iiimo7i G<jat, as of other races of animals early subjugated by 

 Man, cannot be distinctly traced ; but it appears to be the same 

 with that of numerous half-domesticated breeds, which abound in 

 Asia. Of these, the one to which it probably approaches mo-t 

 nearly, is the S?/rian Gout, whose long hair was employed at a 

 very early period for the manufacture of stuffs ; whilst the milk 

 yielded by the females has been a, most important article of foo-i 

 to the inhabitants of that region. The Aurora Goat has the hai: 



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longer an'i more >ilky ; whilst the general aspect of the animal 

 more resembles that of the Sheep. The length and tilkincss of 



