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SPANISn-TOWN. 
authority, speaks of having seen a female specimen of 
the Cariacou [Mazama nemoralis) at Spanish-Town, 
in Jamaica, He was in the habit of observing it 
daily for a long time in a domestic state ; it would 
steal bread from the table of Sir George Nugent, the 
Governor. This individual was brought from Hon- 
duras ; but the species is widely spread over the 
wooded regions of tropical America, and extends even 
into the United States. 
We may venture to hope that this discussion of 
the subject, though imperfect, will awaken curiosity 
in the Island, and that investigations and examina- 
tions may be instituted by those who have the power, 
which will lead to the identification of the existing 
species of Deer in Jamaica. 
WILD GOATS. 
I must remind you,” observes Mr. Hill, that 
on the Healthshire Hills there are Wild Goats, and 
that our Goat is a very beautiful variety of this 
animal. I have always understood that we obtained 
it, with our Hogs, from Africa, and that it was an 
early established stock from the Canary Isles. When, 
in my first ramble through the Salt Island marshes, 
I reached the crags where the sea separates the 
Healthshire Hills from the large island that shelters 
Old Harbour, called Goat Island, numerous Goats 
of the wild breed were seen sporting on the cliffs. 
It was very interesting to observe them ranging side 
by side, like a mustering regiment of horse at drill, 
on the edge of the uppermost rocks, and then, on a 
