224 T H £ MOUFLO N, &fe, 



ture,but by a judicious ufe of our fenfes, by fee-, 

 ing, examining, comparing, and, at the fame 



time, 



and forty Ruffian pounds; and that, at the bafe, it is feven or 

 eight inches in diameter. The horns of the one I faw were 

 ofawhitilh yellow colour; but they turn browner and black- 

 er as the animal advances in years. He carries his ears, which 

 are pointed and tolerably large, very erect. The hoofs are 

 divided, and the fore legs are three quarters of an ell long, 

 and the hind legs ftill longer. When the animal Hands 

 erect on a plain, his fore legs are always fully extended and 

 ftraight, and thofe behind are crooked ; and this curvature feems 

 to diminifh in proportion to the inequality of the ground over 

 which he paffes. On the neck there are fome pendulous folds. 

 The colour of the body is grayifh mixed with brown. Along 

 the back, there is a yellowifh or rather reddifh line ; and the 

 lame colour appears behind, on the infide of the legs, and on 

 the belly, where it is a little paler. This colour continues 

 from the beginning of Auguft till the fpring, at the approach 

 of which thefe animals call their hair, and become every 

 where more red. They caft their hair a fecond time about 

 the end of July. This defcription applies to the males. The 

 females are always fmaller; and though they have fimilar 

 horns, they are fmaller and thinner, and even acquire not 

 thicknefs with age. The horns are nearly ftraight, have no 

 furrows, and much refemble thofe of our caftrated he-goats. 



In the internal parts, they refemble other ruminating ani- 

 mals. The ftomach is compofed of four different cavities, 

 and the gall-bladder is confiderably large. Their flefh is 

 good, and has nearly the fame tafte with that of the roebuck. 

 The fat is delicious, according the teftimony of the Kamt- 

 ichatkan nations. They feed upon herbage. They couple 

 in autumn, and bring forth one or two lambs in the fpring. 



By the hair, the tafte of the flefh, the figure and vivacity 

 of this animal, it belongs to the clafs of the flag. By the 

 permanent horns, it is excluded from this clafs. The circular 

 horns give it fome refemblance to the iheep. It is diftingniih- 

 ed from that animal by its vivacity and want of wool. Its 

 hair, its abode upon high rocks, and its frequent combats, 



make 



