C 47 ) 

 THE ANGORA GOAT. 



G.E NERICCHARACTER. 



Horns bending backward, and almoft clofe ac the bale. 



Eight cutting teeth in die lower jaw, none in the upper.. 



The male bearded» Pennant, 



SPECIFIC C II A R A C T E R„ &c.. 



Goat with very long pendent ffiiral liaLi-.. 



Ajigpra Goat^ Pennant., ^tadr. p. 5 c. 



Buff. T-IiJ}. Nal. 5. ;). 71. /. 10, II. 



THERE is fomerhiag in the chmate of that part of Afiatic Turkey- 

 called Angora,, which difpoli;s the hair of feveral quadrupeds, as the 

 goat, the fheep,- the cat, and the rabbit, to grow longer, and to become of 

 a finer texture than in other parts of the world. The climate of Spain has 

 alfo the fame efFeft ; as is fufficiently known from the fuperior finenefs of 

 the Spanifh wool, which is ftill exceeded by that of Angora. This province 

 however is particularly remarkable for the beautiful variety of goats which is 

 produced there, and which,, tho' not fpecifically different from the common goat 

 of other countries, is yet fo highly diftinguifhed by the beauty of its hair as 

 to become anobjeft of juft adm.iration. The Angora Goat is generally of a beau- 

 tiful white, with the nighteft tinge imaginable of yellowifli j attd the hair on the 

 whole body is difpofed in long pendent fpiral ringlets.. The horns differ in 

 their appearance from thofe of the common goat, and are of a widely ex- 

 panded or flattened form. The ears are pendulous.. The horns in the female, 

 inflead of divaricating as in the male, turn backwards, and are much. Ihorter 

 in proportion. It is needlefs to add that it is from the hair of this animal that 



the fineft camlets are prepared. 



THE 



