326 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



in* a segment of a circle round the ears. Of this race there 

 are several subordinate breeds, the first, or 



Morocco breed, has long wool ; the hair on the neck 

 rather shorter and more undulating, of a rufous-brown ; 

 the ears small, horizontal; the horns small, turning spi- 

 rally outwards, and the scrotum forming two separate sacks : 

 general colour white, with some marks of liver-colour. 

 A specimen sent by one of the princes of Morocco, was in 

 the possession of Sir J. Banks. 



The Emmema or Guinea breed is the second, and well 

 known by the figures of Marcgrave, Buffon, and M. F. 

 Cuvier. The horns of this animal form a semicircle, with 

 the points forwards, rather robust and short. The females 

 are hornless. There is usually some black distributed about 

 the sides of the head and on the neck ; and in proportion 

 as this colour spreads on the specimens we have seen, the 

 horns were observed to decrease in size, the ears to become 

 more pendulous, and at last wattles were found near the 

 throat. Of this sort was a large ram from Guinea, nearly 

 without wool, white in colour, but with large black spots 

 on the head, shoulders, flanks, and legs ; on the neck there 

 was a beautiful mane of long silky white hairs. It is this 

 breed which was formerly introduced into Holland, and 

 kept upon the Islands near the Texel, and in Groningen, 

 by means of which the cross breed with long legs and long 

 wool was reared, which bred twice a year. It is also found, 

 with little variation, in the Fezzan. 



The Congo is a third breed of the above race, with simi- 

 lar proportions, but still hollower flanks, very arched chaf- 

 fron, meagre and powerless, and instead of wool, covered 

 with loose hair, slightly lengthened beneath the throat ; 

 the horns very short, turned back upon the neck ; the ears 

 pendulous, two wattles beneath the throat ; the tail very 

 long, slender, and almost naked. The females without 



