THE NEPAUL GOAT AND THE GOAT OF 
UPPER EGYPT. 
PLATE X. 
These two animals would almost seem not to be 
varieties> but distinct species, though perhaps there 
is not so much difference as we see in some of the 
races of the dogs; and this is one of those points in 
natural history which is extremely difficult to prove, 
even with the most extensive menageries and most 
favourable situations. The most marked characters 
in the black figure, the Nepaul Goat, is its high and 
slender figure. The arched form of the nose, occa- 
sioned by the convexity of the nasal bones ; and the 
long and pendulous ears generally of a white colour, 
or paler than the tint of the body. 
The other figure on the plate, the Goat of Upper 
Egypt, is generally of a brown colour, standing high, 
tind somewhat of the form of the Nepaul Goat. The 
hair longer and more shaggy, the bones of the nose 
''ery much raised, and the appearance of the chin 
S’ttd face, with the exhibition of the teeth, putting 
one in mind of the pugs among dogs. The ears are 
nlso ample and pendent ; from the neck there is fi-e- 
quently hanging two fleshy tubercles, an accessory 
