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The AVclch Slieep arc remarkable for their small dimensions, but there is a 

 breed which is even smaller than the Welch. The variety in question is that 

 which is knoAvn by the name of the Breton Sheep, and is of such wonderfully 

 minute proportions that it irresistibly reminds the observer of the dwarfed oak- 

 trees which are so prevalent among the Chinese. 



A considerable number of these little animals have been lately imported into 

 England, not for the purpose of improving the British herds of Sheep, but 

 merely as curious examples of the singular diversity of size and shape which 

 can be assumed by a single species. If a Breton Sheep be placed by the side 

 of a fair example of the Leicester breed, the difference in size is much 

 greater than that which is exhibited by the huge Planders dray-horse and the 

 diminutive Shetland pony. 



