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the ewes are usually hornless, although they may 

 be furnished with horns of the general type of those 

 of the rams, but shorter and thicker. In the rams 

 the horns, which are brown in colour and set far 

 apart on the head, form two complete turns of an 

 open, outwardly directed spiral. The long and 

 narrow ears are directed upwards and outwards, 

 and the moderately long tail is clothed with long 

 and shaggy wool. The wool of the body is dirty 

 yellowish white in colour, but the feet and face are 

 darker, and frequently dark brown. These sheep, 

 which are large, and are found both in the mountains 

 and on the plains, remain out all the year. 



In Wallachia and Moldavia are found breeds of 

 sheep which Dr. Fitzinger ^ regards as having been 

 developed by crossing the Macedonian sheep with 

 the corkscrew-horned Wallachian sheep (described 

 later). Both breeds resemble the Macedonian sheep 

 in general character, but have shorter wool. The 

 Wallachian breed is kept in large herds not only in 

 Wallachia, but likewise in Smyrna, Servia, and 

 Bosnia. The Moldavian breed, which is likewise 

 found in Bessarabia, is imported in thousands to 

 Constantinople and other parts of Turkey, their 

 flesh being highly esteemed, and always served at 

 the table of the Sultan. 



Of the sheep of Italy, Dr. Fitzinger,'' after re- 

 marking that they once formed in all probability 



• op. cii., pp. 357 and 359. ' Op. cit, p. 361. 



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