SYRIAN GOAT. 
it is somewhat larger than our's, with ears 
almost hanging down to the ground, and 
broad in proportion ; asserts that the horns, on 
the contrary, are not above two inches and a 
half long, black, and bending a little back- 
wards. He adds, that the hair is of a Fox 
colour; and that, under the throat, there are 
two excrescences, like the gills of a Cock. 
" These animals," says Goldsmith, " are 
chiefly kept round Aleppo, for the sake of 
their milk. They are driven through the 
streets, and their milk is sold to the inhabi- 
tants as they pass along." 
The hair, which appears to be long, thick, 
and glossy, like that of most other Syrian ani- 
mals, is said to be manufadtured into very 
beautiful camblets. 
