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parts covered with wool ; and from the head to the shoulders 

 with loose soft hair. A crossed breed of this race with the 

 Emmemas, and brought from Guinea, was in the possession 

 of R. Wilding, Esq. It was entirely covered with soft silky 

 hair, of a silvery whiteness ; on the fore and hind part of 

 the neck the hair was of great length, especially in front ; 

 half of the nose was jetty black ; on each knee and on each 

 thigh a black spot ; the fetlocks and feet white. In the 

 month of November it began to assume a soft woolly coat, 

 like that of English Sheep, so forcibly was it influenced 

 by the climate. It was at first very gentle, attending its 

 master in his walks, and leaping over the styles in the 

 path; but being introduced to other sheep, it became 

 vicious, andwas sent to a mountain enclosure, where it died. 



The Asiatic Sheep are partly of the same broad-tailed 

 race as the African. 



Pallas mentions one with very few caudal vertebrae, but 

 loaded on each side with a considerable and rounded mass 

 of fat, separated beneath, but uniting at the tail. It has 

 coarse wool, is often dark-coloured, almost black; the hoofs 

 are long, and the ears pendulous. This breed is found in 

 China, Persia, and Southern Russia. 



The celebrated Astracan breed, which extends over Cho- 

 razan, about Meschet, and in the Kerman or ancient Cara- 

 mania, is remarkable for the fine spirally-curled wool of a 

 gray or mixed black and white colour which is obtained 

 from it. The Sheep are below the ordinary size; the 

 horns of the Ram curved back and spiral at the tip ; the 

 ears pendulous ; the colour dirty-white, with a fine gray 

 wool beneath ; the tail not very broad. The fine furs are 

 of the lambs slain with the dam a few days before yeaning. 

 Some are black. 



There is another Russian breed without horns ; the chaf- 

 fron not much arched ; having wattles under the throat ; 

 ears pointing downwards and forwards ; a yellow face, 



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