378 CAPRICORN GOAT. 



the domestic he-goat ; and the figure of the under 

 jaw is the same with that of the Wild Goat : but 

 that it differs from both in the horns ; those of the 

 Wild Goat having prominent tubercles or knobs, 

 and two longitudinal ridges, between which there 

 is a well marked anterior face : those of the com- 

 mon Goat have but one ridge, and no tubercles. 

 The horns of the Capricorne have but one ridge, 

 and no anterior face ; and though they want the 

 tubercles, they have rugosities, which are larger 

 than those of a he-goat. These differences, adds 

 Buffon, seem to indicate an intermediate race 

 between the wild and domestic goat; and, be- 

 sides, the horns of the Capricorne are short and 

 crooked at the point, like those of the Chamois ; 

 and at the same time are compressed and ringed : 

 hence they partake at once of the he-goat, the 

 Wild Goat, and the Chamois. 



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