372 MAMMALIA—SHEEDP. 
what like a worm. The horns of the female are short, and first turn round 
backwards, then bend down, and turn round before, so much, that they end 
near the eyes; and in some their circumference and direction vary. The 
male and female goat of Angora, which we have seen, are such as we have 

described. These goats, like all the animals of Syria, have the hair very 
long and thick, and so fine that stuffs have been made of it, almost as 
handsome and glossy as our silks. It is, in fact, what is commonly termed 
mohair. The stuffs made from the hair of this goat are known by the name 
of camlet. 
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP! 
{nnazir the lofty chain of mountains from whence they derive their name ; 
from its northern termination in latitude sixty-eight, to about latitude forty 
degrees, and most likely still further south. They also frequent the elevated 
and craggy ridges with which the country between the great mountain 
range and the Pacific is intersected; but they do not appear to have advauced 
further to the eastward than to the declivity of the Rocky Mountains, nor are 
they found in any of the hilly tracts nearer to Hudson’s Bay. They collect 
in flocks, consisting of from three to thirty, the young rams and females 
herding together during the winter and spring, while the old rams form 
separate flocks. The ewes bring forth in June or July, and then retire with 

} Ovis montana, Georr. The genus Ovis has eight lower incisors; no canines ; 
twelve upper and twelve lower molars. Horns common to both sexes; sometimes want- 
mg in the female, thick, angular, wrinkled transversely, pale colored, turned laterally in 
a spiral form; ears small; Jegs slender; hair of two kinds; tail more or less short; two 
mamme. 
