GOAT. 
Stand, and even to sleep, on the points of rocks 
©r clifFs overhanging the sea, and at the edges 
of the most tremendous and terrific precipices. 
It's fondness for climbing, and traversing dan- 
gerous heights, seems to have been assisted by 
nature in the formation of it's hoofs ; which 
are cloven, hollow underneath, and have sharp 
edges : thus, it walks with as much faciiitv on 
the ridge of a house as on level ground. 
When two Goats are yoked together, which 
is not uncommon in countries where thev 
most abound, they will, as if by consent, take 
the most hazardous leaps ; and so well do they 
time their mutital efforts, that they very rarely 
miscarry in these joint attempts. 
The Goat being liardv, and easilv sustained, 
falls chieflv to the lot of the poor, v^-ho want 
pasture for the supply of niore delicate ani- 
mals. It prefers neglected wilds to all the 
cultivated £elds of art ; browzes on the heathy 
mountains, or shrubby rocks; is fond of the 
tops of the boughs, or tender bark, of young 
trees ; and, eating almost every herb, is injured 
by a very inconsiderable number. It bears in- 
tense heat far better than the sheep, and is 
neither 
