THE WILD GOAT, S& 373 



caprkornc. In the form of the body and pro- 

 portions of the bones, it has a perfect refern- 

 blance to the domeftic he-goat ; and the figure 

 of the under jaw is the fame with that of the 

 wild goat. But it differs from both in the horns : 

 Thofe of the wild goat have prominent tubercles 

 or knobs, and two longitudinal ridges, between 

 which there is a well marked anterior face : 

 Thofe of the common he-goat have but one 1 

 ridge, and no tubercles. The horns of the ca- 

 priccrnc have but one ridge, and no anterior 

 face : Though they want tubercles, they have 

 rugoiities which are larger than thofe of the he- 

 goat. Thefe differences feem to indicate an in- 

 termediate race between the wild and the do- 

 meftic goat. Befides, the horns of the capri- 

 corne are fhort, and crooked at the point, like 

 thofe of the chamois ; and, at the fame time, 

 they are comprefied and have rings : Hence they 

 partake at once of the he-goat, the wild goatj 

 and the chamois goat. 



Mr Brown *, in his hiilory of Jamaica, in- 

 forms us, that there are in that illand, 1. The 



A a 3 common 



; Capra I. cornibus carinatis arcuatis ; Linn. Syfl. Nat* 

 The nanny goat. 



Capra II. cornibus erectis uncinatis, pedibus lohgioribus. 



Capra cornibus ereclis uncinatis ; Linn. Syjl. Nat. The' 

 fupi goat 



Neither of thefe are natives cf Jamaica; but the Eati 

 is often imported thither from the Main and R.ubee ifland ; 

 and the other from many parts of Europe. The milk 

 thefe animals is very pleafant in all thofe israrrh cduntrie 



