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In The Field of July 20, 191 2, a writer who 

 signs himself C. E. H. C. states that he possesses a 

 flock of these sheep at Cranleigh, the ancestors of 

 which came from South Africa. 



On the other hand, I am informed that there is 

 a belief that the flock owned by Sir Michael Lakin 

 is of Spanish origin ; and also that a couple of these 

 sheep were exhibited a year or two ago at the 

 Madrid Agricultural Show. These statements led 

 to my making inquiries on the subject of Dr. 

 Angelo Cabrera, of the Madrid Museum, who 

 informed me that these sheep are quite unknown 

 in Spain. The only Spanish breeds in which the 

 rams normally carry horns are the merino and the 

 Iberian, neither of which is four-horned; the latter 

 being a short-woolled and short-legged sheep, either 

 wholly white or wholly black, but never pied.* 

 With regard to Portugal, Dr. Cabrera states that 

 although he cannot furnish absolutely decisive in- 

 formation, he feels sure that the four-horned piebald 

 breed is not indigenous to that country. He adds 

 that he agrees with me in regarding these sheep 

 as of African origin, observing that the presence of 

 examples at an agricultural show in Madrid is of no 

 importance at allj foreign breeds being frequently 

 introduced into the country, either by amateur 

 breeders or by the Agricultural School. 



In my own opinion, as expressed in The Field 



' Vide supra, p. 136. 



