1846.] Rough Notes on the Zoology of Candahar. 157 



and the rump," clearly show that they were distinct parts of the animal, 

 otherwise it would have been written, " the fat of the rump." 



It is likewise held distinct from the fat of the other parts, as " the fat 

 of the inwards" and ,c the fat of the kidneys." Now it is a notorious 

 fact, that the fat here mentioned is literally all that the animal possesses, 

 unless kept up and fed with grain, which Asiatics never do ; so that the 

 passage reads " the fat tail and the rump," &c. We have consequently 

 a true description given us of the " Ovis steatopyga" in which there is 

 " a solid mass of fat on the rump, which falls over in the place of a tail, 

 divided into two hemispheres, which take the form of hips with a little 

 button of a tail in the middle." 53 



Again, all doubt upon the subject appears to be removed by a passage 

 in the 3d Chap, of Leviticus, where, at the 7th and following verses, in 

 explaining the method to be adopted in "offering up a sacrifice for a 

 peace offering," it is written — " If he offer a lamb for his offering 

 then shall he offer it before the Lord. And he shall offer of the peace 

 offering an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat thereof and 

 the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone ; and the fat 

 that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, and 

 the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, 

 and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away." 



Here then it will be observed, that not only is the distinction between 

 the fat of the hinder parts, and of the inwards again repeated, but 

 we are instructed more particularly that the tail was the part alluded to, 

 since " the fat thereof and the whole rump," were to be taken " off hard 

 by the backbone," thus clearly pointing out the part where the fat allud- 

 ed to was situated, namely, in the rump and tail, which takes its origin 

 from, or is a continuation of, the end of the backbone. 



It must farther be remarked, that the word " and" written in italics 

 in the Bible, does not occur in the original Hebrew, but has been add- 

 ed in the English translation in order to show the connection of the 

 words " the fat thereof" with those of " the whole rump" Therefore, 

 in the original, the passage would stand thus — " the fat thereof the 

 whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone ;" and that the fat 

 rump of the sheep is the part alluded to is clearly proved by the word 



53. Nat. Library. 



