THE GOAT. 
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is 
of so fine a dye, and hence it 
, I’nierly used for hangings in the houses 
oth ^ decorated with flowers and 
or ornaments wrought in gold. Hence it 
the the goat, though superseded in 
ritish islands by sheep, is nevertheless a 
g ^^luable quadruped. 
"rat^f^^ ^^tremely sensible of attention and 
atta tindness, the goat soon becomes 
Hat naan, with whom indeed it seems 
fon'^rV^ ^*®Posed to familiarize itself. Buf- 
that an English ship, having en- 
tw ^ harbour in the island of Bonavista, 
went on board and offered the 
aptam w, ,1 
awa goats as he chose to carry 
^0 expressed his surprise at the offer, 
Wer'^ oegroes informed him that there 
that^ twelve persons on the island, and 
^ goats had multiplied to such a de- 
^tead^^f^^ extremely troublesome ; for, in- 
® being difficult to catch, they followed 
