FAT-RUMPED SHEEP. 



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short, but full of spirals, and the edges thickly serrated. 

 Cuvier says the Musmon is difficult to domesticate, rarely 

 exhibiting intelligence, confidence, affection, or docility. 



. ASIATIC BREEDS. 



FAI-RUMPED-FAT-TAILED-PERSIAN-TIBET-EAST INDIA-CHINESE. 



FAT-RUMPED SHEEP. 



From tke earliest times of which we have any authentic 

 accounts, the Fat-rumped sheep has inhabited the countries 

 over which the patriarchal shepherds roamed. It is but 

 little known in Africa, but prevails extensively in the north 

 and south of Asia ; is found in Palestine in greater numbers 

 than any other breed, and reaches far into the interior and 

 northern parts of Russia. It is purest in the deserts of 

 Great Tartary, no other variety being near to contaminatf 

 its blood. 



