GOAT 
real change has been efFe6i:ed by these mix- 
tures; they have given rise to no new or mid- 
dle race of animals. They have only pro- 
duced individual diiFerences ; which have not 
the smallest influence on the unity of each 
primitive species, but confirm, on the contra- 
ry, the reality of their characleristic and es- 
sential distindlion. 
Though there are manv animals which re- 
semble the Goat, as well as the sheep, ia 
speaking of them generally, we confine our- 
selves to the domestic kinds. Whether the 
foreign kinds could intermix with our com- 
mon species, or not, is unknown : we are, 
therefore, warranted in considering them as 
distinct species, till sufficient evidence is ob- 
tained, that they not only procreate together, 
but produce fertile individuals ; since this is 
the only charadler, according to Bulfon, 
which constitutes the reality of what is called 
species, both in the animal and vegetable king- 
doms. 
The Goat is one of those domestic animals, 
the value of which is overlooked, because so 
far 
