The goat was slain in his sacrifices, because that animal is injurious to vines. […] The riddle was, “What animal walks on four feet in the morning, on two feet at noon, and upon three in the evening!” […] This rare animal was found in the herd of Paris on Mount Ida. […] The Brahmins abstain entirely from animal food and fermented liquors: and the other castes exercise an uncommon degree of temperance and self-denial. The abstinence from animal food is occasioned by their belief in the doctrine of the Metempsychosis, or transmigration of souls through various bodies.