4 Hiftoîrt naturelle 
nelées : ainfi * elles tiennent à la fois du 
bouc, du bouquetin &i du chamois, 
M. Browne [<?}, dans fon Hiftoire de la 
Jamaïque , rapporte qu'on trouve actuelle¬ 
ment dans cette isle , i Q . la chèvre com¬ 
mune domeftique en Europe ; a Q . le cha¬ 
mois; 5S* le bouquetin : il affure que ces* 
(a) Capra L cornibus carinatis arcuaûs Linn. Syfl. nat v 
The Nanny - geat. 
Capra. IL cornibus erectis uncitiatis , pedibus longio -- 
jïbus . 
Capra cornibus ereclij uncinatls. Linn» Sy/? nat.^. TkeRu~ 
gi-goat. 
Thefe are not , either of them r natives of Jamaïca ; lut 
tkc latter is ( fie n imported thither front the maire and Ru~ 
le if and ; and the otherfrom many parts of Europe. The milk 
sf thefe animais is very pleafant in ail thofe warm coun 
tries, fr it lofes tha rancid tafte wich it naturally ha s 
in Europe . A Kid is généra Uy thought as good > if not- 
better s Char, a lamb 3 and frequently feryediup àt the tables 
cf every rank o fp copie. 
Capra 211 . cornibus no de fis in dorfum reclinatis », Linn , 
S y fl. nat 0 . » The b a fard Ibex. 
Thïs fpecies feems to be a ha fard fortof the ïbex-goat, 
U is the me f common Kind in Jamavca , and efeem d 
the beft by moft people. Itwasfrf introducei thee by 
the paniards s and feems now naturaliged in thefe 
parts » 
O vis /. cornibus comp refis lunalis - Linn. Syf. nat. The 
Shep. Thefe animais hâve be&n doubtlefe bred in Jamaïca 
tver fince the tinte of the S paniards : and thrive very weli 
In every quatre of the If and , but they are generally very 
fmall, A sheep carried front a cold climaie tho any of 
ihoje fàltry régions , foon altres it's appearance for in art 
year or two , infiead ofwod itputs out a eoat cfhair like 
a goat. The civil and natural kijîory of Jamaïca , by Ta- 
trick. Browne * M* D„ London 3 tj $6 chapitre V fu~ 
non. If» 
