373 THE WILDGOAT, &c, 



different from ours in the hairs and horns, is ne- 

 verthelefs of the fame fpecies. The fame thing 

 may be faid of the Juda goat, which Linnaeus 

 has properly confidered as a variety of the do- 

 meftic fpecies. This goat, which is common in 

 G uiney *, Angola, and other parts of Africa, may 

 be faid to differ from ours only in being fmaller, 

 fatter, and more fquat. Its flefli is excellent ; 

 and, in that country, it is preferred to mutton, 

 as we prefer mutton to goat's flefh. The Le- 

 vant or Mambrina goat *f, with long pendulous 

 ears, is only a variety of the goat of Angora, 

 which has alfo pendulous ears, though they are 

 not fo long. Thefe two goats were known to the 

 ancients .f ; but they did not feparate them from 

 the common fpecies. This variety of the Mam- 

 brina or the Syrian goat is more diffufed than 

 the goat of Angora ; for we find goats with long 



ears 



* In Guiney there are great numbers of goats fimiiar to 

 thofe in Europe, except that, like all the other cattle, they 

 are very fmall. But they are fatter and plumper than wed- 

 ders : It is for this reafon that, fome people prefer the flefh 

 of thefe fmall he-goats, which the natives caftrate, to mut- 

 ton ; Voyage de Bofman, f. 328. 



f It is called the Mambrina goat, becaufe it is found on 



Mount Mambrina in Syria. Capra Indica ; Gejher, hi/}. 



quad. p. 267. Hircus cornibus minimis, erectis, parum- 



per retrorfum incurvis, auriculis longiffimis pendulis.— - Capra 

 Syriaca ; La ckevre de Syrie ; Brijbn, regn. anim. p. -ji. 



% In Syria oves funt cauda lata ad cubiti menfuram : Ca- 

 prae auriculis menfura palmari et dodrantali, ac nonnullae 

 deiniffis, rta ut fpe<5tent ad terrain. — In Ciiicia caprae ton- 

 dentur ut alibi ovis ; Arifct. bift. anim. lib. 8. cap. 28. 



