HERBIVORES: OXEN. 



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brown in color, instead of round and black, as in Ante- 

 lopes. The Mountain Sheep, or Big-Horn, of the Rocky 

 Mountains, is much larger than the domestic sheep, 

 and -with very large horns. The hair is of a gray 

 color and very coarse. The hunters say that this ani- 

 mal will leap from a height of fifty feet and strike upon 

 the tips of the spiral horns, receiving no injury. 



Goats have the horns directed upward and back- 

 ward, and the chin usually has a long beard. The 

 wild kinds live upon the high and rugged mountains 

 of Asia. The Wild Goat of Persia is supposed to be 

 the parent of the common domestic goat. The Cash- 

 mere Goat of Thibet is celebrated for its fine wool. Its 

 hair is long and silky, and under this is a delicate 

 gray wool, of which the costly Cashmere shawls are 

 made. Three ounces are obtained from a single animal. 



OXEN. 



The Musk Ox, of Arctic America, is of the size of a 

 small cow, with very long dark-brown silky hair. It 



Fig. 67.— Musk Ox. 



feeds upon grass in the mild season, and in winter upon 



