THE SOA SHEEP. 39 



say from what I saw whilst on Soa, Borrera, 

 and all over St. Kilda, that a thousand sheep and 

 from twenty-five to thirty head of cattle would be 

 a fairly correct estimate. 



They make cheese from a mixture of cows' 

 and ewes' milk ; but I must confess that it was 

 to me poor, tasteless stuff, lacking salt or flavour. 



SOA LAMB. 



On Soa exclusively is to be found! a flock of 

 from two to three hundred peculiar little brown 

 sheep, supposed to be descendants of a few in- 

 dividuals left upon the island by Vikings who 

 called to renew their supply of fresh water. These 

 sheep, like those of Iceland, which they are said 

 to resemble closely, are liable to produce an ad- 

 ditional pair of horns, although I failed to discover 

 any evidence of the fact when I examined the flock 

 through my binoculars. They are absolutely wild, 



