FRIDAY, JUNE 26.—AFTERNOON SESSION, 
5 P.M. 
The Karakul Sheep. 
Chairman: Str H. HesxetH Beit, K.C.M.G., Governor of the 
Leeward Islands. 
THe CuHairMAN: Gentlemen—We are now to thave the 
pleasure and advantage of hearing a paper on the Karakul 
fur-bearing sheep of Bokhara by Professor Wallace. It is 
almost unnecessary to introduce Professor Wallace, because 
he is so well known. He has for thirty years occupied the 
Chair of Agriculture at Edinburgh, and his life’s work has 
been mainly devoted to tne study of stock, principally in 
Great Britain, but also in the Colonies, and in tropical 
countries. Professor Wallace is going to tell us in his paper 
about those most interesting animals, the Karakul sheep, 
which, as you all know, give us the Astrachan fur of com- 
merce, about which, I understand, very little has hitherto been 
published. Nothing of much moment is actually known with 
regard to these sheep; consequently, I am sure we shall listen 
with the greatest interest and advantage to the paper which 
I will now ask Professor Wallace to read. 
THE KARAKUL SHEEP—THE PRODUCER OF “ PERSIAN 
LAMB” AND OTHER FURS OF OVINE ORIGIN. 
By Professor R. Wattiace, F.R.S.E., 
Professor of Agriculture and Rural Economy, University of 
Edinburgh. 
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The most important fat-tail, fur-bearing breed of sheep in 
the world is known as the Karakul, a name applied by Russian 
dealers to all fur-sheep obtained at the Karakul market. The 
town of Karakul, so called from the “‘ black lake’ (Sart Kara 
Kul), lies not far from Old Bokhara city, the capital of the 
Khanate, now included in Russian Turkestan. The whole 
