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THE GOAT OF CASHMERE. 
PLATE IX. 
But even this is subject to many varieties, dififer- 
>ng both in colour and in the quality of the wool, or 
rather the fine hair, of which the fleece is composed. 
The principal points in the most approved breeds 
are large ears, tlie limbs slender and cleanly formed, 
the horns not spirally twisted, and above all, the 
fleece being long, straight, silky, and white. A spe- 
cimen in the Edinburgh Museum agrees nearly in 
these particulars, and is represented on the accom- 
panying plate, together with one of the varieties of the 
®ame race, which has been figured by Fred. Cuvier in 
his great work. The last varies only in the head and 
t'eck being of a very deep black. Besides the true 
Cashmere breed, from which originally the celebrated 
Cashmere shawls were made, there are several others 
tvhich have been employed for the same purposes in 
fliflerent parts of India ; and there is a Tartar half- 
hfeed, which has been found to survive well in a 
colder climate, and which has been introduced with 
Considerable success into France. The most in re- 
‘I'lest, however, are still brought from the kingdom 
0^ Cashmere. 
