148 WILD SHEEP, OR RAMS. 
count of its great curved horns, which are 
less admired than those of the Deer tribes. 
But those horns, and the impenetrable 
forehead from which they grow, are the 
great resource and defence of the Wild Sheep. 
Upon his horns and forehead he throws him- 
self fearlessly from lofty precipices; and he 
uses his horns also in ascending the rocks. 
The Wild Sheep, or Ram, uses his strength 
only in self-defence, or in combats with his 
fellows; but his capability of fighting, and 
the power which he has, is much greater 
than may be commonly imagined. The 
sportive buttings of Lambs fall under every 
one’s observation; but it is asserted, that a 
grown and vigorous Ram, in contest with the 
Bull, can knock his opponent down, by strik- 
ing the top of his head against the forehead 
of the latter. 
An anecdote of the sudden attachment of — 
a Lamb to a Dalmatian Dog, will both illus- 
trate a part of the manners of Sheep, and 
afford a new example of the ease with which 
different species of animals often contract a 
kindness for each other. 
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