. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. THE GOAT ^93 III. Descent Buffon's supposition that the tame goat of Europe comes from a mixture of the camel and the wild goat has been contradicted for many good reasons, and especially because of the fact that the camel and the wild goat, far from consorting in their vild state, a()id each other's society. Buffon's idea had long existed, but it is now generally considered that the Bezoar goat of Asia made its way into Europe by the south. Se
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. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. THE GOAT ^93 III. Descent Buffon's supposition that the tame goat of Europe comes from a mixture of the camel and the wild goat has been contradicted for many good reasons, and especially because of the fact that the camel and the wild goat, far from consorting in their vild state, a()id each other's society. Buffon's idea had long existed, but it is now generally considered that the Bezoar goat of Asia made its way into Europe by the south. Several varieties of the wild goat still exist in Europe, Asia, and Africa, but in Europe they have almost disappeared. In the four- teenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries they were found in vast numbers in the Alps, from Mont Blanc to Salzburg in Styria. They were usually seen in large troops on the high- est mountains, seeking their food near the snow limit. The bucks were very tail, with large horns curving slightly backward. The females were much smaller in size, with small horns. They were and are bold leapers, and will spring without hesitation from one pointed rock to another, across giddy precipices, flee- ing over glaciers, if pursued. This interesting animal (known now as the chamois) maintained its abode for a long time ..# , . â , j#S*'''' m ) d'ih â ^ ^ '% Ji *i p* â¢Â» *^ ^' â ^-r ^^â '^wK 9^ %m IB^ , V.- *«SJ-'.' â h: ^r'^ â ;â¢â ''?'* WmMM. Goats called ''Hertgeite ' Prize winners, 1903 Frexcu Milch Goat on the mountains of Piedmont, in the vicinity of Mont ISlanc, the Matterhorn, and the Monte Rosa. The Italian go-ern- ment has done its best to ])rotect the last remnants of this fine species, but the passion for himting and its dangers exercises such irre- sistil^le influence on sports- men that they brook nothing that interferes with its indul- gence. When we read trax'el- ers' tales by personages often high m rank we are amazed to see with wha