RUMINANTS. 



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FfG. 434. GOAT. 



The Argali (Ovis Ammon} is generally considered as the parent 

 stock of all our varieties of domestic sheep. It is found in great 

 numbers in Kamtschatka, and on the highest mountains of Barbary, 



FlG. 435. HEAD OF THE ARGALI, OR WILD SHEEP. 



of Corsica, and of Greece. It is an agile, active animal, with a very 

 delicate sense of smell, and is captured with difficulty ; its flesh is 

 much esteemed. The Argalis prefer mountainous districts, and live 

 in dry and wild places, where they feed on coarse grass and the 

 shoots of young trees. They are very injurious in forests. Their milk 

 is useful as an article of food, and the flesh of the kid is eaten. 



