312 on the study of natural history. ^ug. 2^, 



Plate third, is a drawing of a degenerate breed of 

 the steatopyga variety of Iheep, reared on the banks 

 of the Jenisy and Volga, without horns, and with 

 the uropygium or fat rump greatly diminifhed, and 

 one nonei.la. 



Letter ^ ij a drawing of a ram of the same varie- 

 ty of llie p, from tii flocks of the Jeiiisy Kirguise, 

 wit'i four horns symmetrically arranged by natuie, 

 as is frequently the cise with this breed. 

 - Plate fourth, Lctcrs a a, giv^s two iifFere t views 

 of the horn ot the agagru^ or wild goat, found 

 by Pallas on the mountains of Caucasus and 

 Tauri. 



Letter b represents one of the horns of the Sibe- 

 rian ibex, an animal resem ling the goat on a 

 superficial view, but differing widely on nearer in- 

 spection. 

 '^he account of the Ovis Taurica, and concluding 



observation^, will be given in a future number. 



To A Y UNG Lady on the Study of Natural 



lilSTORY. 



For th' Bee. 

 Continued from p. 286. and concluded. 



My Dear Alathea, 



In swimming highly polifhed needles that had been 

 accidentally touched by the magnet on a bason of 



v.ater, it is believed the polarity of the needle was 



