The WILD GOAT*, the CHA- 

 MOIS GOAT **, and other Goats. 



9 1 HE Greeks, it is probable, were aequaint- 



M. ed with the wild and chamois goats. But 



they have neither pointed out thefe animals by 



particular denominations, nor by characters lb 



precife, 



* The wild goat has large knotted horns, reclining back- 

 ward, and a very fmall head. On the chin of the male there 

 is a dufky beard ; the relt of the hair is tawny, mixed with 

 afh colour. The females are lefs, and have fmaller horns, 

 more like thofe of the common fhe-goat, and have few knobs 

 on the upper furface. They bring one young, feldom two, 

 at a time ; Pennant's Synopf. of quad, p. 13. 



In French, Bouquetin, Bouccflain, Boucjlcin ; that is, rock-goat ', 

 Stein denoting rock in the Teutonic language ; in Latin Ibex ; 

 in German and Swifs, Steinbock. 



Ibex, Plir.ii lib. 8. c. 53. Gefner. quad. p. 303. Raii Synopf 

 quad. p. 77. Brijfon, quad. p. 39. 



Bouc eftain ; Belon, obf. p. 14. 



Bouc Savage ; Gajlon de Foix, p. 99. 



Capricorne ; Mu/.fer, Gofmog. p. 381. 



Steinbock j Kram. Aujl.p. 321. 



Capra Ibex, cornibus fupra nodofis, in dorium reclinatis, 

 gula barbata ; Linn. Syfl. Nat. p. 95. Klein, quad. p. 16. 



* * The chamois goat has (lender, black, upright horns, 

 hooked at the end. Behind each ear there is a large orifice 

 in the fkin. The forehead is white, and along the cheeks 

 there is a dufky bar. The reft of the body is of a deep brown 

 colour. The tail is fhort ; the hoofs are long and much di- 

 vided ; Pennant's Synopf. of quad. p. 17. 



In Latin Rupicapra ; in Italian Camuza ; in German, Gemjf; 

 in old French^ Vfard, Tfarius, Sarris. 



Chamois, 



