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THE DWARF SHEEP. 



Of this breed, so remarkable for its singular and grotesque 

 features, Bewick tells us that a ram, from which his figure was 

 taken, and of which the above is a copy, came from abroad with 

 two ewes as a present to a gentleman in Northumberland. 

 " They are very small, and without horns. The wool growing 

 round the head forms a kind of hood or ruff, before which stand 

 its short erect ears ; the lower-jaw by considerably protruding 

 before the under one leaves the fore -teeth exposed 5 and these 

 peculiarities, together with the shortness of its nose, which lies 

 under its projecting forehead, give it the appearance of defor- 

 mity. Mr. Culley mentions a small kind of sheep in Lincoln- 

 shire, called dunkies, and which are supposed to be the same 

 as this."* 



THE FAT-RUMPED SHEEP. 



This breed is found in Palestine, and indeed in Southern 

 Asia generally, and in some parts of its more northern regions. 

 They are larger than our sheep, those in the mountainous dis- 



* Natural History of Quadruped* (Newcastle, 1807), 5th edition, p. 70. 



