S74 SYRIAN GOAT. 



The following are the most remarkable varie- 

 ties of the domestic Goat. 



SYRIAN GOAT. 



Capra Mambrica. C. cornihus recUnatis, auribus pendulis, grila 



barhata. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. g^. 

 Goat with pendulous ears, and horns reclined backwards. 

 Syrian Goat. Pennant Quadr. i.p. 63. 



This variety is common in many parts of the 

 East, and is distinguished by the great length 

 of the ears, which are pendulous, like those of a 

 hound, and sometimes reach so low as to be 

 troublesome to the animal while feeding ; for 

 which reason it is the custom to crop them, or to 

 cut off one, that the animal may feed with greater 

 convenience. This, however, is denied by Mons. 

 Sonnini, who assures us that the ears of this Goat 

 never reach so low as the ground, and are never 

 cut off. Its general colour is a reddish brown, 

 and the horns are short and black. This is the 

 common Goat of Aleppo, the inhabitants of 

 which it supplies with milk. The same is the case 

 at Cairo, where these Goats are driven in small 

 flocks, every morning, through the different quar- 

 ters of the city, and every one sees taken from 

 them the quantity of milk that he wants. 



