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mixed with fome brown and black hairs. The 

 wool which covers the body is a little curled, and 

 foft at the extremity ; but near the fid n of the 

 animal it is ftraight and hard : In general, it is 

 about three inches long, and of a bright yellow 

 colour. The legs are of a deep red, and the 

 head is fpotted with different fhades of yellow. 

 The greatefl part of the tail is yellow and white, 

 and in figure refembles that of a cow, being well 

 furnifhed with hair toward the extremity. This 

 ram (lands lower on his legs than the common 

 kinds, and he refembles the Indian ram morethau 

 any other. His belly is very large, and not a- 

 bove fourteen inches nine lines railed from the 

 ground. M. de Seve, who defcribed this animal, 

 adds, that, from the groffnefs of the belly, this 

 ram had the appearance of a pregnant ewe. The 

 horns are nearly the fame with thofe of our 

 rams. Butthe hoofs are not prominent, and they 

 are longer than thofe of the Indian ram. 



We formerly remarked, and now repeat, that 

 the mouflon is the primaeval flock of all the o- 

 ther fheep, and that his conftitution is fufficient- 

 ly robuft to enable him to fubiifl *in cold, tem- 

 perate, and warm climates. The wild rams of 

 Kamtfchatka, fays M. Steller, have the air of a 

 goat and the hair of a rain deer. Their horns 

 are fo large, that fome of them weigh from 

 twenty-five to thirty pounds. Spoons and other 

 utenfils are made of them. Thefe rams are as 

 active and nimble as roebucks. They inhabit 



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