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the goat is to be covered with hair. The fecond 

 character of the ram is to have horns bended in 

 a circular form, and turned backward, and that 

 of the he-goat is to have them ftraight and e- 

 rect. Thefe, they will affirm, are the eflential 

 and infallible marks by which fheep and goats 

 will alwavs be diftinguiihed ; for they rauft ac- 

 knowledge, that every other article is common 

 to both. None of them have cutting teeth in the 

 upper jaw; but each of them has eight in the 

 under jaw. In both, the canine teeth are wanting; 

 their hoofs are equally divided, and their horns 

 are fimple and permanent. Both have their paps 

 fituated in the region of the belly ; and both 

 feed upon herbage. Their internal ftructure is 

 ftill more fimilar ; for it appears to be the very 

 fame. The number and form of their ftornachs, 

 the ftructure and difpofition of their inteftines, 

 the fubftance of the fiefh, the qualities of the fat 

 and feminal liquor, the times of geftation and 

 growth, and the duration of their lives, are ex- 

 actly the fame. There remain, therefore, only the 

 wool and the horns by which thefe two fpecies 

 can be diflinguifned. But, it has already been 

 fhown, from fads, that wool is not fo much a 

 natural fubftance, as a production of climate, 

 aided by the care of man. The fheep of warm 

 and of cold countries, and wild iheep, have no 

 wool. Befides, in very mild climates, the goats 

 may be faid to have wool inftead of hair ; 

 for that of the Angora goat is finer than the 



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