2o6 account of the Boucharianjheep. Au^i ^\ 

 ger than the common Rufsian fheep, or brachiura^ 

 of our author. 



Head is like that of the Kirguise, but the muzije 

 is flfarper, resembling the Indian fheep of Buffon, 

 (vol. 23d plate 3d. f. ^6.) 



Body, rather smaller than that of the Kirguise. 

 fheep. 



Ears large and pendant. 



Uropygium. They have a small one like that of 

 the Tartar fheep on the Jenisy, especially when be- 

 gott'en by a Kirguise ram, but in general they have a 

 Tail, fat and broad at the base, with a long nar- 

 row appendage ; this last addition resembling the 

 tail of the TscherkefsL;an fheep. 

 Gmwn Jheep. 

 Wool compact and thick in the grown flieep, soft, 

 elasticj and elegantly foimed into frizzled circles. 

 Z, ambs. 

 In the Iamb it is fornjed into delicate little circular 

 waves, a', if prefsed close to the fkin by art, but when 

 taken from the mother, or killed immediately after 

 birth, they are still more bi eautiful, and often ele- 

 gantly marbled, with feathe red waves like silk da- 

 mafk. 



These three furs are the fin est and most precious 

 of the kind known to Europ* - and the east ; they 

 are brought to us by the Bot icharian ffartars and 

 Persians, who sell them dcai ". The most prized 

 are the blue, the black, and the silver grey ; but of 

 the unborn lamb Jiins, as the fi ae glofsy thin furs 

 are called, which so muci; resemble silk da- 



