In its wild state the Aoudad lives in little flocks or herds, and prefers the high and rocky ground, over which it leaps with a sure-footed agility equal to that of the Chamois itself. These flocks are chased by hunters, who try to get it upon the lowest and least broken ground, where it is at a disadvantage, and then run it down with their horses, as seen in the illustration on page 187. The Aoudad was formerly plentiful in Egypt, and even now is found along the Atlas mountain-range. It is seen on the Egyptian monuments, and, owing to its evident profusion, we have every reason to conjecture that it was one of those animals which were specially indicated as chewing the cud and cleaving the hoof. PERHAPS THE MOUFLON (_Caprovis Musimon_) may be the animal which is meant by the Hebrew word Zamar, and it is not unlikely that both animals may have been included in one name. This animal, which is nearly allied to the Aoudad, is also very goatlike in general aspect. It is indeed to this resemblance that the name Caprovis, or goat-sheep, has been given to it. The name Ammotragus, which, as mentioned above, belongs to the Aoudad, has a similar signification. The horns of the Mouflon belong only to the male animal, and are of enormous size, so that if trumpets of deep tone and great power were needed, they could be obtained from the horns of this animal. Those of the Aoudad are very large, and would be well adapted for the same purpose, but they would not furnish such instruments as the horns of the Mouflon, which are so large that they seem almost unwieldy for an animal of twice the Mouflon's size, and give visible proofs of the strength and agility of an animal which can carry them so lightly and leap about under their weight so easily as does the Mouflon. At the present time the Mouflon is only to be found in Cyprus, Sardinia, and Corsica, but formerly it was known to inhabit many other parts of the earth, and was almost certainly one of the many animals which then haunted the Lebanon, but which have in later days been extirpated. THE GOAT. Value of the Goat--Its use in furnishing food--The male kid the usual animal of slaughter--Excellence of the flesh and deception of Isaac--Milk of the Goat--An Oriental milking scene--The hair of the goat, and the uses to which it is put--The Goat's skin used for leather--The "bottle" of Scripture--Mode of making and repairing the bottles--Ruse of the Gibeonites--The "bottle in the smoke"--The sacks and the kneading troughs--The Goat as used for sacrifice--General habits of the Goat--Separation of the Goats from the sheep--Performing Goats--Different breeds of Goats in Palestine.