WALLACHIAN, OR CRETAN SHEEP. 
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The AFFGHAN FAT-TAILED SHEEP is remarkable not only for the extremely large and 
fatty tail, but for the delicate and silken texture of its wool. The coat of this animal is 
largely used in local manufactures, and a very considerable amount is also exported into 
neighbouring countries. Pelisses, caps, and carpets of various kinds are the chief articles 
into which this soft and valuable wool is manufactured. There are also several herds of 
Fat-tailed Sheep in different parts of India. 
ONE of the most important of the ovine group, is the CRETAN, or WALLACHIAN SHEEP, 
remarkable for the enormous development and magnificent formation of its horns. 
This splendid animal is a native of Western Asia and the adjacent portions of Europe, 
and is very common in Crete, Wallachia, and Hungary. The horns of the Wallachian 
Sheep are strikingly like those of the Koodoo, or the Addax, their dimensions being 
proportionately large, and their form very similar. The first spiral turn is always the 
largest, and the horns are not precisely the same in every specimen. As a general rule, 
they rise boldly upwards from the skull, being almost perpendicularly set upon the head; 
but in others, there is considerable variety in the formation of the spirals and the 
direction of the tips. In one specimen which was preserved in the gardens of the 
Zoological Society, the first spiral of the horns was curved downwards, and their tips 
were directed towards the ground. 
The fleece of this animal is composed of a soft woolly undercoat, covered with and 
protected by long drooping hairs. The wool is extremely fine in quality, and is employed 
in the manufacture of warm cloaks, which ave largely used by the peasantry, and which 
are so thick and warm that they defend the wearer against the bitterest cold. Even in 
