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GOAT, 
bie the incautious huntfman down the precipices, 
except he has time to lie down, and let the animals 
pafs over him. Its blood much efteemed in pleu~ 
rifles, are faid, not to be long lived. 
^Domestic. Capra, Gefner Siegen bock. Siege. Kleinquad. 15s 
quad. 266. Raiijyn. quad. 77. Le bouc, La Chevr e. BriJJon quad. 
C. Hircus. C. cornibus cari- 38. deBuffonv. $g. tab, viii. 
natis arcuatis. Lin.fyft. g 4. Goat Br. Zed. I. 29. 
Get. Faun.fuec. No. 44. 
The former is the ftock from whence the tame fpe- 
cies fprung; the horns of thefe are fmoother and 
freer from knots, and have a curvature outwards 
towards their ends. The colors of the tame goats 
vary * the hair in fome is long, and quite trails on 
the ground : others are fmooth. 
In Alpine countries is the fubftitute of the Iheep ; 
its fiefh, milk and cheefe the food of the inhabi¬ 
tants : cannot bear excefilve cold : loves temperate 
and warm climates: is very lively, wanton, active : 
very libidinous : Ihort lived : its Ikin ufeful in many 
manufactures : the hair for making wigs : the milk 
reiterative in confumptive cafes: bronzes more than 
it grazes: deftruftive to trees: goes with youn 
four months and a half: generally brings two at 
time, fometimes three, rarely four. 
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