368 THE COMMON SHEEP. 



The following are the principal varieties of British 



Sheep. 



* Hornless Sheep. * * Horned Sheep. 



' 1 New Leicester, or Dishley 9 Dorsetshire. 



2 Lincolnshire. 10 Wiltshire. 



3 Teeswater. 11 Exmoor. 



4 South Down, or Sussex. 12 Norfolk. 



5 Ryeland or Herefordshire. 13 Heath. 



6 Herdwick. 14 Irish 



7 Cheviot. 



8 Shetland. 



times he has been shorn. The female has the general name of ewe. 

 Whilst sucking she is called ewe-lamb, or Dimmer-lamb ; but when 

 weaned, ewe-hog or gimmer-hog, until clipped or shorn for the first 

 time, when she takes the name of gimmer, which continues only for 

 one year, till she loses her fleece a second time, when she obtains the 

 general appellation office. Her age is marked by being called a 

 two sJiear, three-shear, or four-shear ewe. What are denominated 

 gimmers in the North, are, in many of the midland parts of England, 

 called theaves; and when twice shorn, double-theaves. In some parts 

 the male lambs are called heeders, and the females sheeders. In 

 others, hogs are called tegs, and two-years-old ewes, twinters; and 

 and three-years old, thrunters. CULLEY'S OBSERVATIONS ON 

 LIVE-STOCK, INTRODUCTION, p. 19. 



In Wales the male is called hwrd or maJiaren ; the female, da-cad; 

 and the young, sen: in France, belier, brebis, and agneau: in Italy, 

 montone or ariete, pecora, and agnello: in Spain, camera, carnero 

 cuter o, carnero cajudo or morueco, oveja, and cordero : in Portugal, 

 carneiro, OTelha, and cordeiro : in Germany, tvidder, or scaafbock, 

 vchaaf, and tow: in Holland, rain, schaep, and lam : in Sweden, 

 ti'adur,faar, and lamb: in Denmark, vccdder, or vare,faar, and lani : 

 in Norway, soud: in Poland, owca: in Russia, baran, owen. 



* Hornless 



