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THE PERSIAN SHEEP, 

 PLATE XVI. 



THIS seems somewhat allied to these, has the pen- 

 dulous ears and arched profile, stands somewhat high, 

 and has short crisp wool. It now forms part of the 

 collection in Edinburgh. For several years it was 

 kept tame in Mr James Wilson's garden, and we are 

 indebted to that gentleman for the account of its 

 life and manners during the period he preserved it. 



" The black-headed sheep which lived with me as 

 a pet for nearly a year and a half, was, I understand, 

 one of a small flock (originally from Persia) received 

 some time before by Sir James Gibson Craig. The 

 individual in question had been sent to the Edinburgh 

 Museum as a specimen. It was thin, and in poor 

 condition ; but being otherwise an interesting crea- 

 ture, I begged and obtained its life from Professor 

 Jameson, on condition that when it died a natural 

 death, I would return it. I accordingly took it out 

 to Woodville, where it rejoiced greatly in its first 

 feed of sweet fresh grass, after a sojourn of some 

 days in a large lumber room in an old part of the 

 College now no more. As winter was approaching, 

 we generally housed it in the stable before night ; 



