quadrupeds. 
[ Clafs I 
fkin is peculiarly well adapted for the glove 
manufaftory, efpecially that of the kid : 
Abroad it is dreffed and made into ftockings, 
bed ticks, holders,* bed hangings, Iheets, and 
even fhirts. In the army it covers the horfe- 
man’s arms, and carries the foot foldiers pro- 
vifions. As it takes a dye better than any 
other fkin ; it was formerly much ufed for 
hangings in the houfes of people of fortune; 
being fufceptible of the richeft colors, and 
when flowered and ornamented with gold and 
filver, became an elegant and fuperb xurmture. 
The fleih is of great ufe to the inhabitants 
of the country where it refides y and affords 
them a cheap and plentiful provifion in the 
winter months, when the kids are brought to 
market. The haunches of the goat are fre¬ 
quently falted and dried, and fupply all the 
ufes of bacon: This by the natives is called 
Coch yr wden , or hung Venifori. 
The meat of a fplayed goat of fix or feven 
years old, (which is called Hyfr) is reckoned 
the befl y being generally very fweet and fat. 
This makes an excellent party ; goes under 
the name of rock venifon, and is little inferior 
to that of the deer. Thus nature provides 
even on the tops of high and craggy moun¬ 
tains, not only neceffaries, but delicacies for 
the inhabitants. 
The milk of the goat is fweet, nourifhing 
and medicinal; it is an excellent fuccedaneum 
for affes milk y and has (with a tea-fpoonful 
of hartlhorn drank warm in bed in the morn¬ 
ing, and at four o’Clock in the afternoon, and 
repeated for fome time) been a cure for phti- 
flcal people, before they were gone too far. 
In fome of the mountanous parts of Scotland 
and Ireland , the milk is made into whey y 
which has done wonders in this and other 
cafes, where coolers and reftoratives are ne- 
* Bolfters made of the hair of this animal were in nfe in the 
days of Saul-, as appears from J. Samuel, c. 19. v. 13. 
ceffary: and to many of thofe places, there is a 
great refort of patients of all ranks, as there 
is in England to the fpaws or Bath. It is not 
furprizing that the milk of this animal is fo 
falutary, as it brouzes only on the tops, tendrils 
and flowers of the mountain ftirubs, and me¬ 
dicinal herbs y rejecting the groffer parts. 
The blood of the he-goat dried, is a great- 
recipe in fome families for the pleurify and 
inflammatory diforders. * 
Cheefe made of goats milk, is much valued 
in fome of our mountanous countries, when 
kept to proper age y but has a peculiar tafte 
and flavour. 
The rutting feafon of thefe animals, is from 
the beginning of September to November y at 
that time the males drive whole flocks of the 
females continually from place to place, and 
fill the whole atmofphere around them with 
their ftrong and ungrateful odor y which 
though as difagreeable as afla fsetida itfelf, yet 
maybe conducive to prevent many diftempers, 
and to cure nervous and hyfterical ones. 
Horfes are imagined to be much refreihed 
with it y on which account many perfons keep 
a he-goat in their ftuds or ftables. 
Goats go with young four months and a 
half, and bring forth from the latter end of 
February to the latter end of April : Having 
only two dugs they have generally but two 
young ones, and fometimes three y and in 
good warm paftures there have been inftances 
tho’ rare, of their bringing four at a time : 
Both young and old are affedfed by the wea¬ 
ther : a rainy feafon makes them thin y a dry 
funny one makes them fat and blythe : Their 
exceffive venery prevents longevity, for they ' 
feldom live above eleven or twelve years. 
Thefe animals with amazing fwiftnefs and 
fafety, climb up the moft rugged rocks, and 
afeend 
* This remedy is taken notice of even by Dr. Mead in his monifa 
tnedica p. 35. under the article plenritis. 
