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tories of the country, a talk with the special Ambassador 

 of the Dalai Lama of Thibet, and conferences with a 

 representative of the Emir of Bokhara, a trip to the very 

 borders of Afghanistan and a careful search through 

 desert wastes, I found the origin of the first Persian 

 Lamb." 



' * Many years ago there were neither Karakules, Arabis 

 or Doozbais in Bokhara ; but they had a small Black Sheep 

 with a wonderfully lustrous fur, and which for some time 

 after birth was covered with uniform curls. There was 

 little demand for the fur, and what was used was purchased 

 by the old monarchs of Europe and Asia. 



ARABI BAM 



"As the demand increased these little Black Sheep, 

 known as the Danadar, were crossed with the Koordiuk, 

 an immense fawn colored desert-roving Sheep, giving us 

 the Doozbai with its beautiful and much tighter curls 

 than those of the Danadar. The smaller Arabi resulted 

 from a cross between the Danadar and a small animal 

 known as the Gray Kooldiuk. From these have descended 

 the breeds which now produce the Persian Lamb. 



