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Sweden and Spain have also long-haired hornless breeds, 

 often white-coloured, with upright ears. 



We possess a drawing of an Indian variety, with long 

 curling hair, of a white colour, nearly allied to the Cache- 

 mire breed, but retaining small upright ears ; the horns 

 are yellowish, and angular, with a triple spiral turn, di- 

 rected outwards, the female with short curved horns turn- 

 ing downwards, and the face and legs fawn-colour. Can 

 this be the species which Mr. Boyle, in his Embassy to 

 Tayshoo Lama, considered as sheep ? 



The Cachemire breed resembles the last, but the hair is 

 quite silky, long, straight, and white ; the ears large, and 

 turned downwards, brown or blackish ; the horns more 

 upright, pale-brown, and not so spiral ; the legs slender 

 and clean. 



The Thibet, or Tartar half-breed of the above, lately in- 

 troduced into France, by the judicious patriotism of a pri- 

 vate individual, has likewise very fine and white hair, but 

 more subject to black patches. The horns are ash-colour, 

 still less spiral, shewing only one or one and a half turn; 

 the ears smaller, but pendent, and legs robust, with long 

 hair at the back. 



The Angora breed, with long soft hair, mostly white, an 

 ovine physiognomy, long buff-coloured ears, and the horns 

 more upright, forming about one turn, and yellowish. In 

 the females turned downwards, and short. 



The Policerate breeds, with long hair, mostly white, and 

 smaller drooping ears. 



The Syrian long-haired breed, with horns rather erect 

 and bending outwards, slightly spiral, the ears longer than 

 the head, pendent ; our specimen black where the hair is 

 long ; the head, ears, and legs, white, mottled with black. 



The Nepaul breed, high on the legs, the carpus short, 

 the nasal bones elevated, rising the chaffron into a high 

 convexity ; the horns short, very spiral, like a screw ; the 



