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Description, &c. 



continuance. The female seldom produces more 

 than one kid at a time; but towards this she 

 exhibits the utmost maternal tenderness. 



THE BLUE GOAT. 



THIS animal seems to have derived its appel- 

 lation from its colour, which is a fine blue, and 

 shines with a gloss resembling that of velvet; 

 but when dead it changes to a blueish grey. The 

 belly is white, and beneath each, eye is a large 

 white mark : the tail is about seven inches long, 

 with a brush of long hair at the end: the horns 

 are turned backward, and three-fourths of the 

 length, from the base, are ornamented with 

 twenty-four rings; but the uppermost quarter is 

 smooth, and tapers to a point. This animal is 

 principally found in the hottest parts of Afica. 



THE PIED GOAT. 



THE pied goat is remarkable for having a 

 white band running along each of its sides, 

 crossed by two others, from the back to the 

 belly; whence some writers have been induced 

 to call it the harnessed antelope. On each side 

 of the rump are three white lines, drawn in a 

 downward direction. The colour of the body is 

 a deep tawny, with white spots on the thighs. 

 The horns are straight, recurved, and about nine 



