i_^o account of the 'T^cherhefiianjljcep. fuly j. 



sian, probably from Its ranging with very little re- 

 fttriiint the wide plains of great Tartary. 



'Ihe Tscherkefbian or long tailed fheep, (which is 

 always the subject cf this article,) is reared in all the 

 European regions of ihc Ruffian empire, situated on 

 this side the river Occa, — in the nearer Poland, and 

 by the pastoral people of mount Caucasus ; and they 

 are commonly of a white colour. 



The same vaiiety, we are told by Rufsell, in his na- 

 tural history of Aleppo, is reared under the name of 

 Bedunijheep^ by the Arabs, and in the western parts 

 of Mauritania; with a trifling difFcrencc in the length 

 and thicknefs of the tail. There are likewise fheep 

 in Morocco which belong to this variety, on account 

 of the dlstinguifliing character of it, a long tail, al- 

 though otherways different in having an ugly look, — 

 head CQ^red intirely with hair, little hanging ears, 

 and remarkably long wool. 



The doctor lias himself seen flieep answering to the 

 last description, in Germany ; probably from a mix- 

 ture of those of Flanders, with some foreign varie- 



The IndiJn and Guinea lliecp, so well described by 

 Bafl'on, resemble the Tscherkefsinn only in the kngth 

 of their tail, wliilst in other respects, they come 

 nearer the steatopyga or fat ramped Iheep of Pallas, 

 in size, form, and fleece mixed w'l'Cn hat r. 



Arid burning deserts seem tj produce this change 

 on the -.vool ; as it is observed principally in the At- 

 lantic deserts "near the meridian, from which tlie 

 Iheep being transporttd to itill warmer situations in 

 Auicvicaj buve n:uhiplic;d considerably, but mostly 



