HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 71 



THE TARTARIAN SHEEP. 



THE Sheep of which the annexed cut is an ac- 

 curate representation, seem to be the same with 

 those described by Mr. Pennant, under the name 

 of the Fat-rumped Sheep. A pair of them was 

 brought to this country, by way of Russia, from the 

 borders of Tartary. They are rather larger than the 

 English Sheep. The colour of the male is roan, or 

 light brown mixed with white ; that of the female, 

 black and white; their ears are pendulous; and, in- 

 stead of a tail, they have a large protuberance of 

 fat behind, which covers the rump. When the 

 drawing was made, they had just been shorn ; at 

 other times, the wool is so long and thick, that 

 their form cannot well be distinguished. 



The African or Gttinea Sheep are found in most 

 of the tropical climates. They are large, strong, 

 and swift; with coarse hairy fleeces, short horns, 

 pendulous ears; have a kind of dew-lap under the 

 chin; and though domesticated, seem to approach 

 nearest to a state of nature. 



