SOUTH DOWN EWE AND LAMB. 



II. THE SHEEP. 



The OVINE FAMILY, it has been seen, differs so little in 

 conformation from the Caprine, that zoological characters can 

 scarcely be found to discriminate them. Yet, in every coun- 

 try where these animals are known, they are separated in 

 popular language, shewing that each possesses habitudes 

 and external characters sufficient to distinguish it from the 

 other. Sheep have the bodies more massive, and deviate 

 more from the Antelopian type, than Goats ; the horns, where 

 they exist, are generally more angular, furrowed, and spiral ; 

 and the rams are destitute of the hircine odour. Of the spe- 



