Clafs I. ] 
QUADRUPEDS. 
*3 
GENUS IV. 
SPECIES I. 
The GOA T. 
The GOA T. 
Raii jyn. quad. 77. 
Meyer's an. 1* Tab ♦ 68* 
Charlton ex. 9* 
Klein quad. 15. 
Gefn. quad. 266. 268. 
Buffon. Tom, 5. 59. Tab. 8. 9* 
Hircus cornibus interius cultra- 
tis, exterius rotundatis, infra 
carinatis, arcuatis. Brijfon 
quad. 62. 
Capra Hircus^ Lin.JyJl. 68. 
Capra cornibus carinatis arcuatis, 
Faun Suec . 42. 
NAMES 
/ MALE. 
FEMALE. 
KID. 
Britifh , Bwch 
Gafr 
Mynn 
French , Bouc 
Chevre 
Chevreau 
Italian , Becco 
Capra 
Capretto 
Spanijh, Gabron 
Cabra 
Cabrito 
Portug. Cabram 
Cabra 
Cabrito 
German^ Bock 
Geifz 
Bocklin 
Dutchy Bocke 
Gheyte 
Boexken 
\SwediJhy Bock 
Geet 
Kiidh 
t is the moft local of any 
tho’ a (kin of bad hue, and fo yellow as to 
of our domeftic animals, confining 
itfelf to the mountanous parts of 
baffle the barbers fkill to bleach, will not fetch 
above eighteen-pence, or two (hillings. 
thefe iflands: his moft beloved food is the 
tops of the boughs, or the tender bark of 
young trees } on which account he is (o pre¬ 
judicial to plantations, that it would be im¬ 
prudent to draw him from his native rocks. 
The fuet of the goat is in great efteem, as 
well as the hair. Many of the inhabitants of 
Caernarvonjhire fuffer thefe animals to run 
wild on the rocks during winter as well as 
(ummer} and kill them in October , for the 
This quadruped contributes in various in- 
ftances to the neceffities of human life; not 
only as food, but as phyfick; not only by 
cloathing, but ornamenting fome parts of the 
human frame} the whiteft wigs are made of 
its hair j for which purpofe that of the he- 
goat is moft in requeft 5 the whiteft and 
cleareft is feleaed from that which grows on 
the haunches, where it is longeft and ihickeft; 
a good fkin well haired is fold for a guinea j 
fake of their fat; either by (hooting them 
with bullets, or running them down with dogs 
like deer. The goats killed for this purpofe, 
are about four or five years old. Their fuet 
will make candles, almoft as elegant as thofe 
made of fpermaceti; and accordingly brings 
a much greater price in the market than other 
tallow : Nor are the horns without their ufe; 
the country people making of them excel¬ 
lent handles for tucks and penknives. The 
D (kin 
