. Palestine : the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land. iff. cies of domestic goat in the valleyof Baalbec, which appears from thedescription to be a variety, or a veryfine breed, of that which has now beennoticed. The goats are of a speciesnot common in other parts of Syria ;they have very long ears, large horns,and long hair, but not silky like thatof the goats of Anatolia. It is notimpossible, however, that the cele-brated Angora species of goat, withits hair resembling silk, and called camels hair, was known to theancient Hebrews. The allusion inSolomons Song iv. 1,2; vi
. Palestine : the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land. iff. cies of domestic goat in the valleyof Baalbec, which appears from thedescription to be a variety, or a veryfine breed, of that which has now beennoticed. The goats are of a speciesnot common in other parts of Syria ;they have very long ears, large horns,and long hair, but not silky like thatof the goats of Anatolia. It is notimpossible, however, that the cele-brated Angora species of goat, withits hair resembling silk, and called camels hair, was known to theancient Hebrews. The allusion inSolomons Song iv. 1,2; vi. 5, mayapply exceedingly well to this species ;and Shulzea assures us that he sawflocks of these goats descending fromthe mountains in the vicinity of Acreand Caesarea. Of Wild Goats there is frequent mention in the Scriptures. We presume that the namesthere employed refer to the two species whose existence in Palestine, Edom, and Sinai hasbeen ascertained. These are the Ibex and the Kebsch. It happens that these two are alsothe only wild goats figured on the Egyptian monum
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