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NATURAL HISTORY 
GOAT. 
The Goat has naturally more understand- 
ing, and can shift better for himself, than 
the sheep : he is easily familiarized, sensible 
of caresses, and capable of attachment: lie 
is also stronger, lighter, more alert, and less 
timid than the sheep, being lively and capri- 
cious. 
Goats are fond of climbing up steep places, 
of sleeping on the tops of rocks, and on the 
brinks of precipices. The male Goat is dis- 
tinguished from the female, by having 
rougher hair, and the beard and horns con- 
siderably longer 
