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teristic marks of which are short horns turned for- 
wards at the ends, marked on the sides with rings ; 
and those more prominent before than behind, 
M. Buffon considers these as an intermediate race 
between the domestic and the wild goat. 
A breed of tame goats resembling the common 
kind, but without horns, inhabit the country of 
the Cabonas, north of the Cape of Good Hope. 
The long-horned W hid aw is considered by 
Buffon as a variety of the whidaw ; the horns 
are rather depressed than upright; much longer; 
and bending somewhat outwards and upwards in an 
elegant manner at the tips ; the hair is long and 
silky, and the whole animal bears some resemblance 
to a small Angora goaf. Buffon describes it as 
considerably larger than the whidaw, measuring 
two feet nine inches in length, while the other was 
only twenty-four inches long. This variety is 
represented in the present work, and seems to be 
the kind mentioned by M. Sonnini in his Travels, 
as common in some parts of Egypt, and which he 
says has long, thick, soft, and silky hair, and slen- 
der, handsomely turned horns. 
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Few animals render greater, or more essential 
service to mankind than the sheep. They supply 
us both with food and clothing ; and the wool 
alone of the common sheep affords in some coun- 
tries an astonishing source of wealth. They are 
all harmless animals, and in general exceedingly 
shy and tirnid. Both in running and leaping, they 
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