122 POPULAR SCRIPTURE ZOOLOGY.

Their pace is extremely rapid, but cannot be maintained for
a long period.

Two varieties of this singular animal are known, one a
native of Nubia, Abyssinia, and the neighbouring districts,
the other found in South Africa. The giraffe is frequently
figured on Egyptian monuments as a beast of chase, and was,
therefore, probably familiar in some degree to the Hebrews.

Carra.—The Goat. (Plate VII. Capra Mambrica, and
C. Ibex.)

The distinguishing characters of the genus Capra are,
that the horns are hollow, turned upwards, and with the
surface annulated ; there are eight cutting teeth in the lower
jaw, and none in the upper; the male generally has a beard.
Buffon says, “The goat is superior to the sheep, both in
sentiment and dexterity. He approaches man spontaneously,
and is easily familiarized. He is sensible of caresses, and
capable of a considerable degree of attachment. He is
stronger, lighter, more agile, and less timid than the sheep ;
he is a sprightly, capricious, and wandering. animal; it is
with much difficulty that he can be confined, and he loves
to retire into solitude, and to climb, stand, and even sleep on .
rugged and lofty eminences. He is robust and easily nou-
rished, eating almost every herb, and injured by very few.”