GOAT. 
far exceeded by that of the sheep ; it is thus 
that the ass, whose place is supphed by the 
horse, is considered as of httle consequence. 
Were the horse or sheep removed from na- 
ture, the ass and the Goat would be invalua- 
ble; and the same arts would immediately be 
put in practice to cultivate and improve their 
kinds, as the higher orders of useful animals 
now generally experience. In their present 
negledled state, tliough domesticated in some 
degree, they vary little from the wild animals 
of the same kind; man has left them their 
primitive habits and forms : and, little indebted 
to his assiduity, they have the greater obliga- 
tions to nature. 
In sentiment and dexterity, the Goat is 
vastly superior to the sheep. It approaches 
man spontaneously, is easily familiarized, sen- 
sible of caresses, and capable of attachment 
in a very considerable degree. It is stronger, 
lighter, has more agihty, and is less timid, 
than the sheep. Sprightly, capricious, va- 
grant, and lascivious, it is with difliculty con-- 
fined to a flock. It loves to retire into soli- 
tude ; to climb steep and rugged places ; to 
stand, 
