. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. ntlemen (.) will fireupon a poor chamois, orother wild animal, poised onan inaccessible rock, withoutother object than to see itfall into a deep abyss, whereit lies with broken limbs, 194 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS a prey to suffering, death, and might understand such cruelty in somepoor creature trying to earn a living, but itought never to enter the minds of educatedmen, or at least those who regard themselvesas such. We must, however, add that thechamois living on the highest, wildest, andmost inaccessible rocks h
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. ntlemen (.) will fireupon a poor chamois, orother wild animal, poised onan inaccessible rock, withoutother object than to see itfall into a deep abyss, whereit lies with broken limbs, 194 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS a prey to suffering, death, and might understand such cruelty in somepoor creature trying to earn a living, but itought never to enter the minds of educatedmen, or at least those who regard themselvesas such. We must, however, add that thechamois living on the highest, wildest, andmost inaccessible rocks has often sold his lifedear at the cost of that of many a hunter. existing at the period of the lake villages ofSwitzerland were precisely the same as thoseof to-day, which proves that until now manhas not thought it worth while to improve thisanimal species. There is little or no differencebetween the exteriors of the Norwegian, Swiss,Spanish, and Grecian goats. Everywhere wefind them with or without horns, and with longor short hair, striped with many discordant. ATS WITH HORXS The chamois mates successfully with thedomestic goat, and is easily tamed; but its pas-sion for climbing never dies, and its progenyinherit it. IV. The Domestic GoatUp to the present time little pains havebeen taken to divide the tamed goats intospecies, but of late persons are beginningmore and -more to distinguish and improve thedifferent breeds. It is a fact that the goats colors—yellow, red, white, reddish brown,gray, and black. Goats of a single color arerarely found, unless they have come throughthe hands of breeders who have bred themwith that idea in view. The Swiss goat of tlic Sanicn is the chiefspecies of central Europe. It comes fromthe valleys of the Sarnen and the Simmen,and is characterized by its color, which iswholly white, by the absence of horns, andespecially by its great production of milk. THE (;OAT 195 The hair is usually short and rough, the bcanllong and hcav)-. The bucks are
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