NATURAL HISTORY. 
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ANIMALS of the SHEEP and 
GOAT KIND. 
A lthough this fpecies comprehends 
many animals of a fimilar nature, they 
differ with regard to their bodies, horns, 
food, and covering. 
The utility, and inoffenfive nature of thefc 
animals, is a proof that they have been long 
reclaimed from their wild ftatc, and adapted 
to domeftic purpofes. They both apjiear 
to require proteftion from man, whom they 
reward with the greatefb favours ; they feem 
indeed, to court his fociety. Though the 
fheep is moft ferviceable, the goat has more 
attachment apd fenfibility. In the earlieft 
ages, the goat appears to have been the great- 
er favourite, and ftill continues fo amongff 
the poor. But the flieep has }ong been the 
principal object of human care and attention ; 
wc fhall thercfoi'c begin with 
The SHEEP. 
T his anlmal, in its tame ftate, is the moft 
harmlefs and defencelel's. When wild, it 
is faid to be of valt fwiftnefs and only found 
)u great flocks. As foon as they are attack- 
ed, they form a ring, ipto the centre of which 
the 
