392 THE WILD GOAT, & c . 



The goats which were left on Afcenfion 

 iilind have multiplied greatly ; but they are 

 very meager, efpecially in the dry feafon. 

 The whole illand is beaten with their tracks. 

 Daring the night, they retire into the excava- 

 tions of the mountains. They are not fo large 

 as the common goat. They are fo weak, that 

 men fometimes feize them in the chace. Their 

 hair is generally of a deep brown colour.' 



The 



