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peraJure more or less warm, and by i(s aridity or 

 moisture, will also be perceptible in the animals 

 which man has appropriated to himself. The 

 greater part of those of the same species which 

 the Egyptian reared are not alike in the north 

 and in the south. It has been observed, that the 

 race of sheep in Lower Egypt is remarkable on 

 account of the size of their tails, and that they are 

 known by the title of Barbary sheep *. From a 

 mixture of this latter sort with the common sheep, 

 which is very frequent amongst animals of this 

 species living In a domesticated state, in warm 

 climates, an intermediary race has sprung up, and 

 is scattered over Turkey, Greece, Provence, &c. 

 &c. he. 



Above Cairo neither the same rams nor the same 

 sheep are to be seen as in Lower Egypt. The race 

 is much stronger and larger. The head of these 

 animals is there proportionally much greater, and 

 the tail much bigger, more flattened above and bare 

 below for about half its length. A large fetlock 

 hangs under the neck ; their horns are short and 

 crooked, their legs are not so high, in proportion, 

 as in the other sorts ; and the testicles of the male 

 sometimes drag upon the ground. A thick fleece 

 quite loads them. When it is sheared they do 

 not touch the wool upon the head, which is soon 



* See page 68 of the second volume of this work. 



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