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CRETAN OK WALLACHIAN >lli;i.lV 



One of the most important of tliis group, is tlic Crktan, or Wallaciiian 

 SiiKEP, remnrkiil)]c for its mnf^niiticciit lionis. 



Tliis splciulid animal is a native of AVcstoni Asia um\ tlic adjacent portions 

 of Europe, and is vcrj' connnon in Crete, AVallarhia, aiul Hungary. The liorns 

 of tlic AVallarhian Sheep arc strikingly like those of the Koodoo, or the Addax, 

 their dimensions being proporticjnately large, and their form very similar. The 

 first spiral turn is always the largest, and the horns arc not precisely the same in 

 every speeimcn. 



The lleecc of this animal is composed of a soft woolly undercoat, covered witli 

 and protected hy long drooping hairs. Tlic wool is extremely fine in quality, and 

 is employed in the manufacture of warm cloaks, which arc largely used hy 

 the peasantiT, and which are so thick and wanii that they defend the wearer 

 against llie bitterest cold. ]']ven in the depth of winter the shepherd can 

 safely lie on the ground wrapped in his sheep-skin mantle, lor this jjui-po-e, 

 the skin is dressed without reir. ovine; the wool. 



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