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HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



SYRIAN GOAT. 



M. BUFFOX makes this a variety of the Goat of 

 Angora; it differs from ours in nothing more than 

 the length of its ears, which are pendulous, and 

 from one to two feet long: they are often trouble- 

 some to the creature in feeding; for which reason, 

 the owners are sometimes obliged to cut one of them 

 off. Their horns are short and black. They are very 

 numerous in the neighbourhood of Aleppo, and 

 supply the inhabitants with milk, which they prefer 

 to that of the Cow or Buffalo. 



These are the principal varieties of the Goat 

 kind ; of which there are others of less note ; such 

 as the African Goat, or Buck of *Juda, which is not 

 much larger than a Hare; it is extremely fat, and 

 its flesh is well tasted : the horns are short, smooth, 

 and turn a little forward. It is common in Guinea, 

 Angola, and all along the coast of Africa. 



Tn America there are Goats of a small kind, not 

 much larger than a Kid, with long hair: the horns, 

 which are short and thick, bend downwards so close 



