76 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



The GOAT of Angora 



is well known for its long hair, which is thick, glofly, 

 of a dazzling whitenefs, and fo fine, that cloths as beau- 

 tiful as filk, known among us by the name of camblets, 

 are made of it. Its ears are long and pendulous. The 

 male is furnifhed with horns, curioufly twilled, which pro- 

 ceed horizontally from each fide of the head, in the form 

 of a fcrew ; thofe of the female are fhorter, and encircle 

 the ear fomewhat like thofe of the common Ram. They 

 inhabit the rocky mountains of Pontus, where they ex- 

 perience a confiderable degree of cold ; and might thj ive 

 in Britain as well as in their native country.— -The fame 

 might be faid of the Goat of Thibet, fo famous for the 

 finenefs of its wool. It lives in a climate colder than 

 ours in winter, and might probably be tranfplanted with 

 fuccefs. 



In Portugal, there is a breed of fine large Goats, re- 

 markable for yielding a great quantity of milk, — a gallon 



