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GOAT TRIBE, 
GOAT TRIBE. 
The animals of the goat kind live principally in 
retired mountainous situations, and have a rank and 
unpleasant smell, especially the males. Although 
very timid and shy while they continue in a wild 
stated they are easily rendered domestic, and even 
familiar. They differ from sheep, not only in the 
erect position of their horns, but also, when they 
•fight; in rising on their hind legs, and turning the 
head on one side to strike ; for the rams run 
full tilt at each other, with their heads down. 
The horns are hollow, rough, and compressed ; 
they rise somewhat erect from the top of the head* 
and bend backwards. In the lower jaw there are 
eight front teeth, ■ and in the upper none ; and no 
canine teeth in either. The chin is bearded. 
i . - Ibex. 
The male ibex is larger than the tame goat, hut 
resembles it much in appearance. The head, in 
proportion to the body, is small. The eyes are 
large, round, and brilliant. The horns are large, 
weighing sometimes sixteen or eighteen pounds, 
and measuring from two to four feet in length ; 
they are flatted before, round behind, and divided 
by several transverse ridges ; are bent backwards, 
and of a dusky brown colour. The beard is long, 
the legs slender, and the body short, thick, and 
strong. The tail is short, and naked beneath. 
The hair is long, and of a brownish or ash-colour, 
with a streak of black running along the back. 
The belly and thighs are of a delicate fawn co- 
lour. The female is about a third less than th« 
