GOAT» 
The milk of the Goat is sweet, nutritive, 
and medicinal: it is less liable to coagulate on 
the stomach, than that of the cow; and, 
therefore, much preferable, where the digestion 
is weak. The peculiarity of this animal's 
food, communicates to the milk a flavour dif- 
ferent from that of the sheep or cow, which 
renders it very grateful to those who are fond 
of this aliment. 
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In several parts of Ireland, as well as 
Wales, and the Highlands of Scotland, Goats 
constitute the chief possessions of the humble 
natives. On mountains where no other ani- 
mal could subsist, the Goat gleans a sufficient 
maintenance, and supplies the hardy inhabi- 
tants with a varied luxury. Their beds, com- 
posed of Goat skins, are soft, clean, and 
wholesome; and they regale on the milk, 
which they also make into butter and cheese. 
The kid, even by civic epicures, is considered 
as a dainty ; and, notwithstanding the strong 
odour of the He-Goat, which proceeds only 
from the hide, even his flesh, when the ani- 
mal has been properly fattened, is by some 
preferred to venison. The flesh of the Goat, 
however, 
