SHEEP AND GOAT KIND. 27 1 



animals are chiefly kept round Aleppo for the 

 sake of their milk. They are driven through the 

 streets, and their milk is sold to the inhabitants 

 as they pass along. 



In the third variety may be reckoned the little 

 goat of Africa, which is of the size of a kid, but 

 the hair is as long as that of the ordinary breed. 

 The horns, which do not exceed the length of a 

 man's finger, are thick, and bent downwards so 

 close to the head that they almost enter the skin. 



There is an animal of this kind at the Cape of 

 Good Hope, called the blue-goat,* which may be 

 ranked as the fourth variety. It is in shape like 

 the domestic, but much larger, being nearly of 

 the size of a stag. Its hair is very short, and of 

 a delightful blue ; but it loses a great deal of its 

 beauty when the animal is dead. It has a very 

 long beard; but the horns are not so long in 

 proportion as in other goats, being turned spiral- 

 ly, in the manner of a cork-screw. It has very 

 long legs, but well proportioned ; and the flesh 

 is very well tasted, but lean. For this reason, in 

 that plentiful country it is chiefly killed upon 

 account of its skin. It is a very shy animal, and 

 seldom comes near the Dutch settlements ; but 

 they are found in great abundance in the more 

 uncultivated parts of the country. Besides these, 

 they are found in this extensive region of various 

 colours, and many of them are spotted beautiful- 

 ly, with red, white, and brown. 



In fine, the Juda goat resembles ours in most 

 parts, except in size, it being much smaller. 



Now generally called the Blue Antelope. 



