ANGORA GOAT, IBEX, BAT. 83 



THE ANGORA GOAT 



Is a very beautiful variety, deriving its name from the 

 place where it is found, which is a small district of Asia 

 Minor, not far from Smyrna, producing peculiar breeds of 

 goats, sheep, cats, and rabbits, &c., with hair of uncom- 

 mon length and fineness. From the hair of the goats are 

 manufactured the finest camlets. The goatherds take 

 great care to preserve this valuable hair in all its beauty. 



THE IBEX. 



THIS creature, which is a native of the Carpathian and 

 Pyrenean mountains, the country of the Grisons, the Rhae- 

 tian Alps, and various districts of Asia, has large knotted 

 horns, reclining backwards, and sometimes three feet in 

 length; a small head, full eyes, and rough hair. The 

 colour is a deep brown mixed with some hoary ; and the 

 male has a dusky beard. 



THE WEASEL. 



THIS animal seldom exceeds six or seven inches in 

 length, while the legs are not more than an inch and a 

 half. The head, tail, legs, feet, and the upper part of the 

 body, are of a pale tawny-brown colour, but the lower 

 parts are white. 



Though diminutive in size, the Weasel is nevertheless a 

 formidable enemy to many animals greatly its superior in 

 that respect. It is very destructive to rabbits, poultry, and 

 young birds; but, as some counterbalance for the depreda- 

 tions which it commits on useful animals, it also destroys 

 many that are noxious. 



No arts can reclaim this creature. Though sometimes 

 confined in a cage for amusement or inspection, it reso- 

 lutely abstains from food while any person is in sight. 



