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and clothes, sheets, etc., infected, may be rendered pure by being exposed to a temperature of 300° F. These living organisms are grouped together as microbes or micro-organisms. an. a) 9 ogee” a: BIG HORN GOAT. hunting, both for sport’s sake and or account of supposed medicinal vir. tues, has become nearly extinct. Ir its native haunts it is said “‘ to sur. pa even the chamois in the certainty with which it estimates distances fo1 extraordinary leaps.” The goat is capable of the most perfect domestication, and become: extremely attached and familiar. I| is apt, indeed, to prove a troublesome pet, and makes use of its horns, thoug! not angrily, much more freely than i: at all agreeable. The uses of the goat are numerous. The flesh is good: that of the kid, or young goat, is ir most countries esteemed a delicacy Requiring but little attention, and able to subsist on rough diet, the goat is in many countries * the cow of the poor.” The milk is very rich and nutritious, more easy of digestion than that of the cow, and often useful to cousumptive patients. Some goats yield as much as four quarts of milk daily, though the average quantity is more nearly two. Both cheese and butter are made of goats’ milk; they have a peculiar but not disagreeable flavor. Goats’ milk is still very much used in Syria and other parts of the Hast, as it was in the days of the patriarchs. The aes of the goat was early used for clothing, and is now dre ed as leather for many uses, particularly for making gloves and the finer kinds of shoes. The hair, which may be advantageously clipped annually, is used for making ropes which are indestructible in water, and for making wigs for judges, barristers, and othér functionaries. The horns are used for making knife handles, etc. The goat ruins young plantations, and makes reforesting in some cases impo ible. The Rocky Mountain goat is an antelope rather than a goat. In Christian art the goat is an emblem of impurity. It sometimes occurs in the carving under seat or choir-stalls, and is put there as a mark of dishonor.