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but, on hearing them hark, are ready with fire-arms, 

 as the dogs rarely hark if a hear is not at hand. 1 

 was surprised to find that they are fed only with 

 bread and milk. The head shepherd is paid 120 

 livres a-year wages, and bread ; the others 80 livres, 

 and bread ; but they are allowed to keep goats, of 

 which they have many, which they milk every day. 

 Their food is milk and bread, except the flesh of 

 such sheep or lambs as accidents give them. The 

 head shepherd keeps on the mountain top, or an ele- 

 vated spot, from whence he can the better see around, 

 while the flock browses the declivities. In doing this, 

 the sheep are exposed to great danger in places that 

 are stony ; for, by walking among the rocks, and es- 

 pecially the goats, they move the stones, which roll- 

 ing down the hills, acquire an accelarated force, 

 enough to knock a man down, and sheep are often 

 killed by them ; yet we saw how alert they were 

 to avoid such stones, and cautiously on their guard 

 against them. I examined the sheep attentively. 

 They are in general polled, but some have horns, 

 which, in the rams, turn backwards behind the ears, 

 and project half a circle forward : the ewes' horns 

 turn also behind the ears, but do not project; the 

 legs white or reddish ; speckled faces, some white, 

 some reddish ; they would weigh fat, I reckon on an 

 average, from 15 Ib. to 18 Ib. a quarter ; some tails 

 short, some left long. A few black sheep among 

 them ; some with a very little tuft of wool on their 

 foreheads. On the whole, they resemble those oc 



