GOAT, 
neither terrified at a storm, nor apparently in-- 
commoded by rain .; seeming to be only af- 
fe6led by immoderate cold, which produces 
the vertigo, a disease often fatal to this ani- 
inaL 
The inconstancy of the Goat^s disposition 
is marked by the irregularity of it's a£lions, 
•It goes forward, stops short, runs., leaps, ap- 
jproaches, retires, conceals itself, returns, and 
jflies ofF, as if merely tidluated by caprice^ 
without any other cause than what arises from 
an excentric vivacity ; so that the suppleness 
of it*s organs, and the strength and nervous- 
ness of it's frame, are scarcely sufficient to 
support the petulance and rapidity of it's na- 
tural movements- 
: The G oat comraonly brings forth but a single 
kid. In warm climates, however, though this 
animal degenerates, and becomes smaller, it is 
more fruitful, very frequently producing three 
Dr four kids at a time. The buck is capable 
)f procreating at the age of twelve months, 
md the female at that of seven: but the fruits 
)f these premature embraces are feeble and 
defective ; 
