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fduftg in ber ©efcbidtfe ber Siege unb an einigen 
anbern £)rten; Mellon b<U etmad mehr. £>a£ 
meiffe ifl bon ©eener gefaramelt worben; auch 
ftnbet man eine jiemitd) gute 2lbbilbung bei ihm, 
welche er bon <£I>eobor Jöe^a erhalten, Quadru- 
ped. p. 823. $ier ftnbe id) auch nod), ba§ auf 
ber 3nfel »Jtrta, ber ndrblichflen bon ben Jgiebri« 
ben aber ©dwtlanb ft cf) ebenfald njilbe @d)afe auf« 
halten , welche ©edner für SD?uffone halt pen« 
ttant nimt biefed aud) an, ßritifh Zoology, Qua-, 
drupeds. p. 31. 32. Sibbald , (after Boethius) 
fpeaks — of another kind in the isle of Hirta, 
Jarger then the biggeft he goat — — Unb ln 
ber Slnmerlung: As vve have fo good authority for 
the exiftence of fuch a quadruped , we might ven* 
ture tp give credit to Büßthius ’s account , that 
the fame Kind was once found in Hirta : but ha- 
ving thrice within thefe few years had opportuni- 
ty, to examining the Mufimon , we found that 
both in the form of the horns and the fhortnefs 
of the tail, it had the greateft agreement vvith the 
goat. Pennant $dle t ndmltd) ben 50?uflon unter bie 
©attung ber Siege, unb furt ihn in feiner Synopfis 
of Quadrupeds unter bem SRamen Siberian Goat 
au. ©. 18 . — 2>olffdnbiger s unb weitläufiger bat 
0? S eben 
