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tories of the country, a talk with the special Ambassador 

 of the Dalai Lama of Thibet, and conferences Avith a 

 representative of the Emir of Bokhara, a trip to the very 

 borders of Afghanistan and a careful search through 

 desert wastes, I found the origin of the first Persian 

 Lamb." 



"Many years ago there were neither Karakules, Arabis 

 or Doozbais in Bokhara ; but they had a small Black Sheep 

 with a wonderfully lustrous fur, and which for some time 

 after birth Avas covered Avith uniform curls. There Avas 

 little demand for the fur, and Avhat Avas used Avas purchased 

 by the old monarchs of Europe and Asia. 



Arabi Eam 



"As the demand increased these little Black Sheep, 

 knoAvn as the Danadar, Avere crossed Avith the Koordiuk, 

 an immense faAvn colored desert-roving Sheep, giving us 

 the Doozbai Avith its beautiful and much tighter curls 

 than those of the Danadar. The smaller Arabi resulted 

 from a cross betAveen the Danadar and a small animal 

 known as the Gray Kooldiuk. From these have descended 

 the breeds Avhich uoav produce the Persian Lamb. 



