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THE GOAT. 
bling- the concavity of a spoon, which pre' 
serves them from sliding olF the craggy rock*' 
that they are fond of frequenting. 
The goat bears well either a hot or a col^ 
climate. In many of the mountainous part* 
of Europe, goats constitute the principal 
wealth of the inhabitants, and supply then’ 
with many of the necessaries and convenience- 
of life. The skins serve them for beds ; an^ 
they live upon the milk without bread, an<I 
make from it butter and cheese. The mill> 
is of an agreeable taste, highly nutritive an^ 
medicinal, especially in consumptive caseS' 
The flesh of the kid is esteemed a delicacj 
little inferior to venison. Pontoppidan 
lates that in his time, eight hundred thousand 
raw goat-skins were annually exported froU’ 
Bergen, in Norway. Great numbers are eii>' 
ployed in the manufacture of gloves ; an<' 
those of the kid are held in particular reques* 
for that purpose. No other kind of leather 
