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tli- sh.-ph.-nl ran saf.-h li>- mi th.- ground \\nip|H-d in hi-, sh.--p -.kin inantl>- For thi> 

 purjxwe, tin* skin is dressed w ithout I.-IMO\ inu the wool. 



In a st;it- of nature, all Sheep an- furnish, -d with a pair of horns, l.iit in tin- cultivated 

 races the*- ornaments generally U-cnm ..I. lit. -rat. -I \ curious .-x.-.-ptiun t<> 

 occur- in ih" iii;iny horned 

 \ari.-ti.-s lii-'h aiv foiiiul in 

 several pan- ut' Asia, and 

 which som*'timrs INI .--s : , 

 many MS tin,-.- ilixtim-t paii- 

 of limn- I'll.- additional 

 or ai-i-i--.:\ appendages 

 an> Mli^ht-r in tht-ir make 

 than ili-- true horns, and 

 an* p-m-nilly placed on the 

 upp.T |>art8 of the head. 

 Tln-ir tijxs almost invari- 

 al>l\ take an upward direc- 

 tii-n. \vhili- the true horns 

 rally curl downward. 

 anil rrtain a |>ortion of th- 

 t-nd'-ni-y to a spiral form. 



GIANTS among theorin*- 

 race, the MOUFLONS tower 

 far ulxKe every other vari- 



-t\ of tin- Sh.-.-p. These 

 animals may be found in 

 several portions of tin- 

 world. s,.\.Tal species beimr 

 inluihitanta of Asia, one 

 of Sardinia and Corei.a. 

 and oin- <>f North. -rn Amer- 

 ica. Of these gigantic 

 Sheep, the AKGALI of Sibe- 

 ria is thf most conspicu 

 ous. as well for general 

 dimensions, as for the enor- 

 mous size of the horns. 



The Argali is nearly as 

 large as a moderately sized 

 ox, being four feet high at 

 tin- shoulders and propor- 

 tionately stout in its build. 

 'I'll.- horns of a full-grown 



male Argali are very nearly four feet in length if measured along the curve, and at their 

 base are about nin-t.-.-n inch.-* in circninf. i I'h.-y spring from the forehead, and 



after rising perpendicularly for a short distance. >-\\r\>- l>oldly downwards until they reach 

 below the chin, when they recurve upwards and come to a point. The surface of tin- 

 horns is covered with a series of deep grooves set closely togeth.-r. and xf.-nding almost 

 to the v.-ry i-xtivmities. Firmly as these weapons are fixed upon tin- animal's forehead, 

 they are sometimes fairly hrok.-n off in the fierce conflicts which these creatun-s wair- 

 with each oth.-r \\h-n th.-y fight for th.- pomeasion of some de*dral>h- f.-inal-. These 

 l.rok.-n horns are not suff.-r.-d to li.- nnol^-rv.-d on th.- ground. lut are soon utilized by 

 th- fox.-s and oth.-r small mammalia which inhabit the same romi.ry. and c.-nv.-rt*"! at 



TUE cUUit.MAN 



