THE WILD SHEEP OF BAEBARY. 



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in small herds, headed by an old ram. Its skin is used by the mountaineers for making jackets. It 

 breeds freely with the domestic species. 



The AMMO> T of Tibet has been known to measure as much as four feet and an inch at the 

 shoulder, and has a most imposing appearance on account of the erect attitude in which it holds its 

 head. Its horns attain a great size, being sometimes as much as four feet long and twenty-two inches in 

 circumference at their bases, forming a single sweep of about four-fifths of a circle, their points being 

 turned slightly outwards and ending bluntly. Its body colour is dark brown above, paler posteriorly 

 and below. A mane surrounds its neck, white in the male, dark brown in the female. The tail 

 measures only an inch in length. In the female the horns do not exceed twenty-two inches in length. 



The BURHEL. or Himalayan " blue wild Sheep," stands three feet at the shoulder, and has horns 

 which, commencing very close together on the forehead, describe a half circle of two feet or so, and are 

 directed very much outwards and backwards. In the female the horns do not exceed eight inches in 

 length, and stand backward instead of diverging. The coarse fleece of winter is of an ashy-blue 

 colour, which, in summer, is replaced by one that is much darker. The abdomen is white, and a 

 black stripe runs along each side of the body, the front of the legs and the chest being also black. It 

 has no beard. 



The AMERICAN ARGALI, or BIG-HORN, inhabits the range of the Rocky Mountains. Its height 

 is three and a half feet at the shoulder. The horns form a complete circle, and are nearly three feet 

 long in the male. They are said to come so far forward and downward that old rams find it impos- 

 sible to feed on level ground. Its flesh is peculiarly well flavoured. 



The WILD SHEEP OF BARBARY, known also as the TRAGELAPHUS, is a large and handsome species, 

 with a comparatively lengthy tail, tufted at its end. The hair on the chin is short, whilst that along 

 the lower margin of the neck, as well as on the front of the knees, attains a great length. The horns 

 are not massive, and hardly exceed two feet in length. They are black, and are directed outward a& 

 well as backward. 

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