2io THE MOUFLON, &c. 



in Tartary * Tcrfia f , Syria J, Egypt, Bar- 

 bary, Ethiopia §, Mofambiqne ||, Madagafcar**, 

 and the Cape of Good Hope "|"f. 



In 



* The flieep of Tartary, like thofe of Perfia, have large 

 tails, which confift entirely of fat, and weigh from twenty 

 to thirty pounds. Their ears are pendulous, and their nole 



flat; Voyage d'Olearius, torn. J. />. 321 The fheep of 



Eaft Tartary have tails which weigh from ten to twelve 

 pounds. Thefe tails confift of iolid fat, which has an excel- 

 lent relifh. The bones of the vertebrae are not larger than 

 thofe of our flieep ; Relation de la Grande Tart arte, p. 187. 



The flieep of Calmuck Tartary have their tails concealed 



in a cufhion of many pounds weight ; Id. p. 267. 



\ A fingle tail of fome of the Perfian flieep weighs from 

 ten to twelve pounds, and yields five or fix pounds of fat. 

 Its figure is the reverfe of that of our flieep, being broad at 

 the extremity, and fmall at the origin ; Voyage de Tavemier, 

 torn. 2. p. 379. 



I In Syria, Judea, and Egypt, the tails of the flieep are fa 



large, that I have fcttn one of them weigh above thirty-three 



pounds, though the animals were not larger than the flieep 



of Berri, but much handfomer, and had finer wool ; Voyage 



Villamont, p. 629. 



§ In ^Ethiopia, there are fheep whofe tails weigh more 



than twenty. five pounds. Others have tails a fathom long, 



; >nd twilled like a vine branch; Drake's voyage, p. 85. 



|| Sunt ibi oves quae una quanta parte abundant; inte- 

 gram enim pyem i\ quadrifide fecaveris praecife q unique 

 partibus plenarie conftabit; cauda fiquid-rn qaam habent taru 

 lata, crafla, et pinguis eft, ut ob molem reliqujs par fit; Hug. 



• 'cot. naylg. part. 2. p. 19. 



** The ifland of Madagafcar abounds in cattle. The, 



■ of the ranis and ewes are fo large, that we fay.- one. 

 h weigh-.: twenty-eight pounds; V age de Pyrard, torn. 



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■ , In the fheep at the Cipe of Good Hope there is nothing 

 except the length and thickn-f, oi' the tail, 



which, 



