of the Vienna Exhibition^ 1873. 



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Fig. 10. — Head of Bergamask Slieej). 



are long and pendulous, and the head is heavy, giving a some- 

 what ludicrous appearance. The accompanying sketch of a head 

 was taken of a specimen 

 from Cosenza. The body is 

 ■correspondingly quaint. 



Merino Sheep. 



It is impossible to report 

 upon the Merino sheep ex- 

 hibited at Vienna Avithout 

 first offering a few intro- 

 •ductory remarks upon the 

 character and qualities ol 

 this wide-spread and im- 

 portant race. I may here 

 remark that in inspecting 

 the sheep stock I was much 

 indebted to the knowledge 

 of my guide and interpreter, 

 Mr. G. T. Yull, who, having acted as a practical sheep inspector 

 in Hungary, was well qualified to give an opinion upon the 



Fig. 11. — Merino Bam, bred by Herr Hermann Kannenberg, of Gerbin, 

 near Kosternitz, in Pomerania. 



relative merits of the animals exhibited. The best Merino 

 Ijlood appears to have been imported into Austria and Hungary 

 by the Empress Maria Theresa, and many flocks still claim 



