78 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



obliged to cut one of them off. Their horns are fhort 

 and black. — They are very numerous in the neighbour- 

 hood of Aleppo, and fupply the inhabitants with milk, 

 which they prefer to that of the Cow or the Buffalo. 



Thefe are the principal varieties of the Goat kind ; of 

 which there are others of lefs note fuch as the African 

 Goat, or Buck of Juda> which is much fmaller than the 

 domeftic kind, being not much larger than a hare, ex- 

 tremely fat, and its flefh well tafted : The horns are 

 fhort, fmooth, and turn a little forward. It is common 

 in Guinea, Angola, and all along the coaft of Africa. 



In America, there are Goats of a fmall kind, not much 

 larger than a kid, with long hair : The horns, which are 

 fhort and thick, bend downwards fo clofe to the head, 

 as almoft to penetrate the fkull. Thefe are, in every re- 

 fpe£t, fimilar to the dwarf Goat found in Africa ; and, 

 according to Buffon, have been fent from that country. 

 — It is certain, that, before the difcovery of America by 

 the Spaniards, the Goat, and every other domeftic ani- 

 mal, were unknown there. 



