BREEDS OF SHEEP 



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Fro. 1178.— Ibex, or Steinbock. 



Th* EXMOOR sheep (Fig. 1174) is a breed of which England is / 

 very proud, and wherever introduced in this country, has given rich 



rewards for rearing. 



The WELSH sheep (Fig. 1175), 

 some of the finest of which are 

 found in Glamorganshire, Wales, 

 is a most excellent variety to 

 breed from. v 



We present now two or three 

 kinds of wild sheep. 



In Fig. 1176 we give a represen- 

 tation of a gigantic race of sheep 

 raised in Siberia, called the Ar- 

 GALI, which are as large as the av- 

 erage ox. The horns of a full- 

 grown male Argali are nearly 

 • four feet in length, and at their 



base are about nineteen inches in circumference. It produces hair 

 like the goat, and has constituted a puzzle for naturalists. 



Fig. 1179— Hairy Fezzan Sheep. 



