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THE GOATS 
Though the dividing-line between 
the Sheep and Goats is very indistinct, 
some differences are of general appli- 
cation. The goats are distinguished 
by the unpleasant “ hircine ” odour of 
the males, and by beards on the chins 
of the same sex, by the absence of 
glands in the hind feet, which sheep 
‘possess, and by certain variations in 
the formation of the skull. The 
difference between the temperament 
of the sheep and goats is very curious 
and persistent, showing itself in a 
marked way, which affects their use 
‘in domestication to such a degree that 
the keeping of one or the other often 
marks the owners as possessors of 
different degrees of civilisation. Goats 
are restless, curious, adventurous, and 
so active that they cannot be kept 
in enclosed fields. For this reason FEMALE ANGORA GOAT 
‘they are not bred in any numbers in The breed from which mobair is obtained 
‘lands ‘where agriculture is practised 
‘on modern principles; they are too enterprising and too destructive. Consequently the goat is 
‘usually only seen in large flocks on mountain pastures and rocky, uncultivated ground, where 
the flocks are taken out to feed by the children. 
On the high alps, in Greece, on the ‘Apennines, and in Palestine the goat is a valuable 
domestic animal. The milk, butter, and cheese, and also the flesh of the kids, are in great 
esteem, But wherever the land is enclosed, and high cultivation attempted, the goat is banished, 
and the more docile and controllable 
sheep takes its place. In Syria the 
goat is perhaps more docile and better 
understood as a dairy animal than 
elsewhere in the East. The flocks are 
driven into Damascus in the morning; 
and instead of a milk-cart calling, the 
flock itself goes round the city, and 
particular goats are milked before the 
doors of regular customers. 
The EUROPEAN GOAT is a very 
useful animal for providing milk to 
poor families in large towns. The 
following account of its present uses 
was recently published: ‘‘ The sheep, 
while preserving its ‘hardy habits in 
some districts, as on Exmoor, in Wales, 
and the Highlands, adapts itself to 
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to by E. Lan CORO AM richer food, and acquires the habits as 
well as the digestion of domestication. 
These goats were orizinally obtained from Turkey in Asia, and exported to South i 7 
Africa The goat remains, as in old days, the 
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