GOV The whit. made of their )• ir, fc>i i hii h pa: , of the I Is iu t] r t i is in equal in u ith 'h<- hair, and candles oi it, which, in wbite- qess unci qua ' lire -aid to be su- perior to « van ! th< 1V horns i ndles for knives - ; and their skin is w<. il . tted for gloves, especially that kid, which is dress d .broad, made into stockings, bed-ticks, bed-hangings, sheets, and even shirts. The flesh of these animals, how- ever, is hard, and almost indiges- tible : hence the meat of kids only should be eaten, as it is more Gli- der, and ailords good Dot meat. Goats-milk is sweet, nu- tritive, and medicinal ; it is an ex- cellent substitute for that of asses ; and, when drunk warm in tiie morning and evening, with a tc;i- spooinul of hartshorn* for si i v.i ks, it has been productive of benefit to phthisical patients, who were not too much reduced. — Cheese prepared from goats-milk is much va ued in mountainous countries, alter it has been kept to a proper age; bur, possessing a peculiar flavour, it is to seme per- sons very unpleasant 3 nor is it more easily digested than any other kind of caseous matter. GOATVBEARD, or Trago- pogon, h. a genus of plants com- prising id species, two of which are indigenous. 1. The p. -a tense, Yellow Goat's- beard, or Go-to-bed-at-noon (be- cause its blossoms close about the middle of die day) grows in mea- dows and pastures, where it flowers in June.— rDr, Withering re- marks, that the young roots of this plant, in skiing, may be boiled and a 1. f33> r.it' 11 like aspai . - they pos- sess, a similar llavour, and are nearly as nutrition,. 1 ! h p trrifoUuia, or purple I <- beard, is also fou id in mea- d ».ws, and not unfrequeotly ia up- land pastures ; it flowers ia the month of May. — '1 he succulent roots of this vegetable, when cul- tivated in gardens, are called Sal- — Cow*, sheep, and horses, eat. the whole of this plant,: swine avidity, but it is not relished by goats. — The tender roots a 1 ford a delicious salad, and also an excellent substitute for aspar Gi )L1), the most valuable of all metals, is of a brighl yellow colour, ia its pure state, but acquires dif- ferent shades, when alloyed with baser metals: Europe is supplied with gold chiefly from Chili and Peru, in South America ; though a small quantity is likewise imported from China, and the coast of Africa. This metal is also found in the sands of several large rivers which do not spring from mountains, but contain veins of gold : mines of it exist in arions parts of Eu- rope, and a verv promising one has lately been discovered in the county ofWicklow, ia Inland. Gold is obtained in a pure or native state more frequently than any other metal ; it is in general mixed with a stony matter, from which it is extracted by amalgama- tion. It is more ductile than lead, or tin, but less elastic than cither iron or copper. Gold becomes hard and brittle, by continued ham- mering, bui r -sumes its ductility when slowly heated. Being the toughest, and at the same time the most malleable of all metals, one grain of it. may be hammered into leaves
