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VERTEBRATA. MAMMALIA, 



" GOAT. 



" Whole structure stronger and more 



compact. 



Limbs thicker and more rigid. 

 Hoofs higher and more compact. 

 False hoofs well developed. 

 Head smaller and finer. 

 Facial line straight. 

 Ears shorter and rounded. 

 Tail short, flat, and naked below. 



Withers higher than croup. 



Fore legs stronger than hind. 



Croup sloped off. 



Odorous. 



Nose moister, and nostrils short 

 and wide. 



Horns of middling size, keeled, and 

 turned upwards. 



Eye darker and keener. 



Hair long and unequal. 



Back arched. 



Bears change of climate well. 



Is eminently curious, capricious, 

 and confident. 



Barks trees with its horns, feed- 

 ing on the peel, and on aromatic 

 herbs. 



Tn fighting, rears itself on its hind 

 legs, and lets the weight of its 

 body fall on the adversary." 



SHEEP. 



Less so. 



Feebler and more slender. 



Lower and less so. 



Evanescent. 



Larger and heavier. 



Chaffron arched. 



Longer and pointed. 



Longer, less depressed, and half 



naked only. 

 Croup higher. 

 Fore and hind equal. 

 Not so. 

 Not so. 

 Less moist, longer, and narrower. 



Horns very large, not keeled, an 



turned to the sides. 

 Paler and duller. 

 Short and <;qual. 

 Back straight. 

 Bears it ill. 

 Is incurious, staid, and timid. 



Does not bark trees, and is less ad- 

 dicted to aromatics. 



In fighting, runs atilt, adding the 

 force of impulse, to that of 

 weight." 



We may add, that the Ibex of the Alps (C. Ibex), 

 and the Mouflon of Sardinia (O. Musimon), have 

 been supposed to be, respectively, the origin of our 

 common kinds ; while other naturalists refer them to 

 the Wild Goat of the Caucasus, (C. JEgagrus,} and 



