m 



SHEEP. 



Class L 



GENUS III. SHEEP. 



Horns twisted spirally, and pointing outwards. 



4. Fleecy. Ovis, Raii syn. quad. 73. 



Gesn. quad. 7I. 



Ovis Aries, ovis anglica mutica 

 Cauda scrotoquead genua pen- 

 , dulis. Gm. Lin. I97. 



Ovis cornibus compressis lunatis. 



Faun. Suec. 45. 



Aries, Sec. Klein, quad. 13. 

 Aries laniger cauda rotunda 



brevi. Brisson quad. 48. 

 De Buffon torn. v. tah. I, 2. 

 Br. Zool. 10. Hist, quad.- 



1.37. 





Male. 



Female. 



Lamb. 



Brit. 



Hwrdd. Maharen 



Dafad 



Oen 



Fren. 



Le Belier 



La brebis 



L'Agneau 



Ital. 



Montone 



Pecora 



Agnello 



Span. 



Carnero 



Oveja 



Cordero 



Port. 



Caneiro 



Ovelha 



Cordeiro 



Germ. 



, Widder 



Scliaaf 



Lamm 



But. 



Ram 



Schaep 



Lam 



Swed. 



Wadur 



Faar 



Lamb 



Dan. 



Vsedder, Vasrc 



Faar 



Lam, agna 

 Gimmer Lam. 



J.T does not appear from any of the early wai- 

 ters, that the breed of this animal was cultivat- 

 ed for the sake of the wool among the Bintons; 

 ' the inhabitants of the inland parts of this island 

 either went entirely naked, or were only clothed 

 ■with skins ; those who lived on the sea coasts, 



