3S0 THEWILDGOAT, &c. 



ought to be reduced to one : i. The wild he- 

 goat is the principal ilock of the fpecies. 2. 

 The capricorne is the wild he-goat degenerated 

 by the influence of climate. 3. The domeftic 

 he -goat derives his origin from the wild he- 

 goat. 4. The chamois is only a variety in the 

 fpecies of the fhe-goat, with whom, like the wild 

 he-goat, he mould be able to mix and produce. 

 5. The fmall goat, with erect horns, crooked at 

 the points, mentioned by Linnaeus, is the Euro- 

 pean chamois diminished by the influence of the 

 American climate. 6. The other fmall goat, with 

 horns lying flat on the fkull, and which produ- 

 ced with the American chamois, is the fame with 

 the African he-goat ; the fertility of thefe two 

 animals is a proof that our chamois, and dome- 

 ftic goat would alio produce together, and, of 

 courie, that they belong to the lame fpecies. 7. 

 The dwarf goat, which is probably the female 

 of the African buck, is only, as well as the male, 

 a variety of the common kind. 8. The fame 

 thing may be faid of the buck and fhe-goat of 

 Juda ; for they are only varieties of our dome- 

 ftic goat. 9. The goat of Angora, as it produces 

 with our goats *, belongs to the fame fpecies. 

 10. The Mambrina or Syrian goat, with very 

 long pendulous ears, is a variety of the goat of 

 Angora. Thus thefe ten animals are only dif- 

 ferent races of the fame fpecies, which have 



been 

 * See vol. III. Article Goat. 



