But it is to be observed, that the sacred writers mention not the moth, but the minute worm, which changes into a moth, and which alone gnaws the garments. In the passages which have been quoted, the word “moth” must be understood to signify the larva[367] of the clothes-moth (_Phalæna Vestianella_, Linn.), or of some insect of the same kind. [367] When an insect first issues from the egg, it is called by naturalists _larva_. CHAPTER IV. GOATS-HAIR. ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE GOAT--ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE SCRIPTURES, ETC. Sheep-breeding and Goats in China--Probable origin of sheep and goats--Sheep and goats coeval with man, and always propagated together--Habits of Grecian goat-herds--He-goat employed to lead the flock--Cameo representing a goat-herd--Goats chiefly valued for their milk--Use of goats’-hair for coarse clothing--Shearing of goats in Phrygia, Cilicia, &c.--Vestes caprina, cloth of goats’-hair--Use of goats’-hair for military and naval purposes--Curtains to cover tents--Etymology of Sack and Shag--Symbolical uses of sack-cloth--The Arabs weave goats’-hair--Modern uses of goats’-hair and goats’-wool--Introduction of the Angora or Cashmere goat into France--Success of the project. The inquiry into the origin and propagation of the Goat, no less than that of the sheep, may justly be considered a subject for interesting investigation. Goats were no less highly prized by the ancient inhabitants of Greece and Italy than by the modern. We have seen, that the great value of sheep always consisted in its fleece. The goat, on the contrary, was more valued for the excellence and abundance of its milk, and for its suitableness to higher and more rugged and unproductive land[368]. [368] Virgil, Georg. iii. 305-321.