SYRIAN GOAT. 
Goat, according to BufFon, is more diffused 
than the Goat of Angora ; for we find Goats 
with long ears in Egypt, and in the East In- 
dies, as well as in Syria. They yield a great 
deal of fine milk, which the natives of the 
East prefer to that of the Cow or Buffalo. 
In the Nouveau Voyage of the SieurLuiller, 
it is remarked that, at Pondicherry, there are 
Kids which differ much from our's : they have 
large pendulous ears, and their aspedl is mean 
and silly; but their flesh, though bad, is som.e- 
times eaten. 
Dr. Russel, in his Natural History of Aleppo, 
informs us that " the Goats are remarkable for 
the lengih of their ears. The size of the ani- 
mal," he adds, is somewhat larger than 
our's ; but their ears are often a foot long, and 
broad in proportion. They are chiefly kept 
for their milk, of which they yield no incon- 
siderable quantiiy ; and it is sweet, and well 
tasted." 
Dr. Goldsmith, who calls this animal, ** the 
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