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Mr. Ord has described it, having the right of pri- 

 ority, must be retained. 



Char. Essent. Horns short, conical, slightly 

 curved backwards, black, and slightly annulated in 

 the old animal ; the colour of the animal entirely 

 white, furnished with long silky hairs, and a fine 

 wool beneath the hair ; no mane. 



Dimensions. In bulk it exceeds the sheep. 



Description. Body elongated, but little ele- 

 vated on the legs ; facial line straight ; ears rather 

 long and pointed, covered on the inside with long 

 hairs ; the neck short ; the tail stumpy and direct- 

 ed upwards ; the whole structure of the animal 

 robust ; the colour is entirely white ; the bulk of 

 the animal is considerably increased by a thick 

 coat of long straight hair, of a yellowish tinge; side 

 of the lower jaw, and beneath the throat, furnished 

 with a long beard ; beneath the long hair, the skin 

 is covered with a close downy wool, of a clear 

 white colour, and in young animals feeling like 

 unspun cotton ; on the face and legs the hair is 

 short and close, similar to that of the sheep and 

 goat; the eye-lashes are white; the horns are 

 about five inches long, above an inch in diameter 

 at base, bending slightly backwards, having two 

 or three annuli, and terminating in a point not 

 always obtuse ; the legs exceed in thickness those 

 of a calf; the fetlocks are short and perpendicular. 



