375 



ANGORA GOAT. 



Capra Angorensis, C. pilis longissimis crispis toto corpore fes- 

 tita. Lin. Si/st. Nat. Gmel. p, 194. Briss. Regn, Anim. p, 

 64. n. 2. Hasselq, it. 206. 



Goat with very long, pendent, spirally curled hair. 



This is by far the most elegant of all the va- 

 rieties of the Goat, and is a native of Angora, a 

 small district in Asia Minor, not far from Smyrna, 

 and remarkable for producing a peculiar race of 

 Goats, Sheep, Cats, Rabbets, Sec. with hair of 

 uncommon length and fineness. 



The Goat of Angora is generally of a beautiful 

 milk-white colour, short legged, with black, 

 spreading, spirally twisted horns, and with the 

 hair- on the whole body disposed in long pendent 

 spiral ringlets : the ears are pendulous, and the 

 horns of the female, instead of divaricating, as in 

 the male, turn backwards, and are much shorter 

 in proportion. It is from the hair of this animal 

 that the finest camlets, Sec. are prepared. In 

 order to preserve this beautiful hair in good con- 

 dition, the goatherds of Angora are peculiarly 

 careful of their flocks, washing and combing 

 them with the greatest diligence ; and it is said 

 that a change of pasture frequently makes them 

 lose their beauty, this variety being naturally 

 confined to narrow bounds, and produced only in 

 the tract surrounding the towns of Angora and 

 Beibazar. 



