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(a) The former were known only in the wild, and th-i 

 latter in the domesticated state. 



(b) These all furnished wool for clothing, and the Llama 

 was also used as a beast of burden, and 



(2) In North America there existed the mountain sheep, 

 or Bighorn (Ovis montana), and a sub-species, the Ovis mon- 

 tana dalli. 



(a) The former, commonly called the Rocky Mountain 

 sheep, is found on both slopes of the Rocky mountains, from 

 the head waters of the Saskatchewan on the north, down into 

 Mexico on the south. 



(b) The latter, commonly called the Alaskan sheep, is 

 found on the slopes of the mountains from within the Arctic 

 circle southward, nearly as far as the head of Bristol bay. 



IX. Domesticated sheep were first introduced 

 into North America by the Spaniards in 1493. 



(1) From these are descended the immense native stocks 

 of Mexico, New Mexico and Texas and other parts of the 

 continent first settled by the Spaniards. 



(2) It is now pretty certainly proven that these were not 

 Merinos, but were descended from the common sheep of 

 Spain. 



(3) In 1736, they numbered more than 1,500,000 head in 

 the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. 



(4) They were taken to California in 1773, and in 1825 

 the Catholic church owned 1,003,970 head, and the ranchers 

 probably as many. 



X. Sheep were introduced into South America 

 from the Spanish settlements in Panama and 

 Mexico. 



(1) They were taken to Peru prior to 1550. 



(2) From Peru they were taken to Chili about 1550, and 

 at a later period to Chuquisaca, and 



(3) From Chuquisaca they were taken to Paraguay and 

 thence to the country of the La Plata. 



XI. Sheep were introduced into the English 

 colonies of North America soon after the settlement 

 of each. 



(1) They reached Jamestown, Va., in 1609. 



(2) They were first brought to New York, then the New 

 Netherlands, in 1625, by the Dutch East India Company. 



(3) They were first introduced into New Jersey from 

 Sweden in 1634, or shortly prior to that date. 



