THE GOAT. 
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to Europe. These are now known 
pe V from the hair of a kindred race 
^ cu lar to Tibet, which loses its coat in the 
^^Tiner climate of Hindostan, but has been 
introduced into France through 
spirit of an eminent manufacturer 
^iack''^^' goats are of different colours, 
fed • * bluish, and sometimes a light 
En r are not so large as the smallest 
^Pfi h their horns grow nearly 
^i^'fke in his travels relates the follow- 
^ g ^^traordinary instance of the dexterity of 
to — '"Upon our road [from Jerusalem 
"'ifich^ Arab with a goat. 
He h about the country for exhibition. 
Pani 1^- animal, while he accom- 
npo \ fnovements with a song, to mount 
cylindrical blocks of wood, placed one 
djog 1 ^fiother, and in shape resembling the 
exes belonging to a backgammon table 
