228 THE SHEEP AND ITS COUSINS 



In this connection reference may be made to 

 the Egyptian illustration of a sheep's head shown 

 in the text-figure on page i6. This picture,^ as 

 already stated, was provisionally regarded by Dr. 

 Shipley as that of a four-horned sheep, in which the 

 upper pair of horns had been artificially moulded 

 into an abnormal shape ; but, as I have pointed 

 out,'' it would appear to be a composite, the upper 

 pair of horns being those of the long-legged sheep, 

 and the lower ones, which are of the Ammon type, 

 those of the fat-tailed breed. Possibly, indeed, this 

 figure may be symbolical of the supersession of the 

 pre-Pharaonic long-legged breed by the fat-tailed 

 sheep. 



From the accompanying text-figure it will be 

 seen that some of these sheep were blotched with 

 black in the same manner as many individuals of 

 the modern long-legged breeds ; while others were 

 uniformly coloured, being either black or of some 

 lighter colour. As regards the length and direction of 

 the horns, there is little or no difference from some 

 examples of the modern Nigerian long-legged breed. 

 Personally I am very sceptical as to the ewes being 

 horned ; there being nothing to show that all the 

 individuals depicted in the accompanying illustration, 

 and in such other figures as have come under my 

 notice, are not rams. 



' Country Life, March 23, 191 2. 

 ' /Wrf.,"March 30, 191 2. 



