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that its hoofs, horns, and muzzle are jet 

 black. In winter its fleece is very long, 

 and at that time it wears a long beard, 

 which makes it look still more like a goat. 

 It has a very distinct hump on the 

 shoulders, and the head is usually carried 

 low. 



White goats are quite as queer in their 

 habits as in their looks. They delight in 

 cold, and, except in the northernmost 

 portion of their range, they keep to the 

 very tops of the mountains ; and at mid- 

 day, if the sun is at all powerful, retire to 

 caves to rest themselves. They have the 

 very curious habit of sitting up on their 

 haunches, in the attitude of a dog begging, 

 when looking about for any foe whose 

 presence they suspect. They are won- 

 derful climbers, although they have no 

 liveliness or agility of movement; their 

 surefootedness and remarkable strength 

 enable them to go up or down seemingly 

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