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A TAME WHITE GOAT 



NE of the queerest wild 

 beasts in North America 

 is the so-called white goat. 

 It is found all along the 

 highest peaks of the Rocky 

 Mountains from Alaska into Montana, 

 Idaho, and Washington. Really it is not 

 a goat at all, but a kind of mountain- 

 antelope, whose nearest kinsfolk are cer- 

 tain Asiatic antelopes found in the Him- 

 alayas. It is a squat, powerfully built, 

 and rather clumsy-looking animal, about; 

 as heavy as a good-sized deer, but not 

 tall. It is pure white in color, exceptj 

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