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is said that the former of these appendage’ 
are sometimes so troublesome that the ownel' 
cut them off to enable the animal to feed wil^' 
greater ease. Goats of this species are chiefll 
kept in the vicinity of Aleppo, and numbed 
of them are driven daily through the street' 
of that city to supply the inhabitants wit^ 
milk, which they prefer to that of the co^'' 
The goat of Angora, which inhabits the rockj 
mountains of a province of Asia Minor, is 
markable for its long, thick, white glossy hait 
much prized as an article of commerce, beio^ 
the material from which the stuff called caml®' 
is made. The black horns of the male 
this species stand out horizontally from 
side of the head, and are then twisted rouD^ 
in the manner of a corkscrew. The goat 
Cashmere also is celebrated for its white silkJ 
hair, which was long supposed to furnish 
material for the costly shawls in such high 
quest among the great and the wealthy bot^ 
