THE M O U F L O N, &c. 211 



In the iflands of the Archipelago, and parti- 

 cularly in Crete, there is a race of do medic 

 fheep, of which Belon has given a figure and 

 defcription under the name of Jirepficheros *. 

 This fheep is of the fame fize with the common 

 kind. Like the latter, it is covered with wool, 

 and differs from them only by having erect 

 horns chamfered in the form of a fcrew. 



In fine, we find, in the warmer countries of 

 Africa and India, a race of large fheep whh 

 coarfe hair, fhort horns, pendulous ears, with a 

 kind of dewlap which hangs under the neck. 

 This fheep is called by Leo Africanus and Mar- 

 mol, adimain~\ ; and it is known to the natu- 

 ralifts under the name of the Senegal foeep J, 



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which commonly weighs from fifteen to twenty pounds. The 

 Perfian fheep, though fmaller, have ftill larger tails. I 1 

 feen fome of this race at the Cape, whole tails weighed at 

 lead thirty pounds ; Defcript. da Cap de Bonne- Efpirunce, par 

 Kolbe, torn. 2. p. 97. 



* In Crete, and particularly on Mount Ida, there is a race 

 of fheep, which go in large flocks, and are culled J}?-iphocheri. 

 They refemble the common kind in every thing but their 

 horns, which, inftead of being twilled, are ftruight and cham- 

 fered like a fcrew ; Qbferv. de Be/on. p. 15. 



f Adimain, animal domeflicum arietem forma refert. 



Aures habet oblongas et pcadulas. Lybici his animalihu- 



pecoris vice utuntur. . Ego quondam juvenili fervore 



ductus horum animalium dorfo infiidens ad quartam miliarii 

 partem delatus fui ; Lea:. Afric. Defcript. Afric. vol. 2. p. 752. 

 See alfo /' ' Afrique de Mar'moly torn. 1. p. 59. 



t The wedders, or rather the rams of Senegal, for none o; 

 them are caftrated, are a diftincl and ftrongly marked fpecic:-:. 

 They ha^-e nothing of the common kind but the head and 



tail, 



