32 G O A T. dafs I 



provides even on the tops of high and cragfyy 

 rnountains, not only necelTaries, but delicacies for the 

 inhabitants. 



The milk of the goat is fweet, ndurifhing and me- 

 dicinal •, it is an excellent fuccedaneum for afs*s 

 tniJk; and has (with a tea-fpoonful of hartfhorn 

 drank warm in bed in the morning, and at four 

 o*cIock in the afternoon, and repeated for fome time) 

 been a cure for phtifical people, before they were 

 gone too far. In fome of the mountainous parts of 

 Scotland and Ireland^ the miik is made into whey % 

 which has done wonders in this and other cafes, 

 where coolers and refloratives are neceflary : and to 

 many of thofe places, there is a great refort of pa- 

 tients of all ranks, as there is in England to the Spaws 

 or Baths, It is not furprizing that the milk of this 

 animal is fo falutary, as it brouzes only on the tops, 

 tendrils and flowers of the mountain fhrubs, and me- 

 dicinal herbs j rejefling the groffer parts. The blood 

 of the he-goat dried, is a great recipe in fome families 

 for.the pleurify and inflammatory diforders*, 



Cheefe made of goats milk, is much valued in 

 fome of our mountainous countries, when kept to 

 proper age ; but has a peculiar tafte and flavour. 



The rutting feafon of thefe animals, is from the 

 beginning of September to November-, at that time 

 the males drive whole flocks of the females continu- 

 ally from place to place, and All the whole atmof- 

 phere around them with their fl:rong and ungrateful 



* This remedy Is taken notice of even by Dr. Mead In his mo- 

 Mtta medica, p. 35. under the article pkuritis. The Germans ufe 

 that of the Shin-bock or Ibex. 



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