LESSON TWENTY-TWO 
WOOL AND MUTTON 
1. Ancestry.—WVild sheep are by nature timid, and flee 
at the slightest noise, which thev hear at a very great 
distance. Their strength and agility enable them to 
spring among the most inaccessible rocks which they seek 
for safety. In the evolution from wild to domestic life 
RAISED BOTH FOR WooL AND MUTTON 
This group of Oxford sheep is part of a flock owned by a farm boy, who starting 
with a few individuals, steadily enlarged his flock, until now he has so many that 
his entire time is devoted to raising sheep. 
many changes have taken place, but none more striking 
than in personal safety. The domestic sheep has be- 
come so entirely dependent on man that he could not 
exist without his care and protection. 
2. Qualities in common.—Sheep are so easily accli- 
mated, that we find them in the hottest and coldest 
climates. They attain their greatest prosperity in the drier 
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