Class I. 



S H E E P. 



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Horns twifted fpiraliy, and pointing outwards. ni. SHEEP. 



Eic^ht cutcincT teeth in the lower jaw, none in the 

 upper. 



Ovis, Rail fyn. quad. 73. Aries, &c. Klein, quad. n. 



Gefn. quad. 7 1 . Aries laniger cauda rotunda 



Ovis arias, ovis anglica mutica brevi Brijfon quad. 48. 



Cauda fcrotoque ad genua pen- DeBuffon.y. i. tab. i, 2. 



dulis. Lin. fyjt. 97. ^ Br. Zool. 10. Syn. quad. 



Ovis cornibus comprelTis lunatis. No. 8, 



Faun. Suec. 45. 



Lamb. 

 Oen 



L'Agneau 



Agnello 



Cordero 



Cordeiro 



Lamm 



Lam 



Lamb 



Lam, agna 



Gimmer Lame 



IT does not appear from any of the early writers, 

 that the breed of this animal was cultivated for 

 the fake of the wool among the Britains ; the inhabi- 

 tants of the inland parts of this iQand either went 

 entirely naked, or were only clothed with fkins, 

 Thofe who lived on the fea coafts, and were the 

 mod civilized, affeded the manners oftheG^^//j, 

 and wore like them a fort of garments made of 

 coavfe wool, called Brach^. Thefe t^ey probably 

 had from Gaul, there not being the left traces of 



manufadlures 



Fleecy, 



