1010 On the tame Sheep, fyc. of Tibet. [Oct. 



basal girth G£ to 7\ inches. The Silingia is a breed of medium size 

 and delicate form, with head and horns and general aspect much assi- 

 milated to the Hiinia. Head moderate-sized with nose considerably 

 but not excessively arched, and somewhat slender, trigonal, compressed 

 and wrinkled horns, curving circularly to the sides, but less tensely 

 than in the Hiinia, and the flat smooth points reverted backwards and 

 upwards. In this breed there is even less departure from the primitive 

 type as seen in the Argalis than there is in the Hiinia ; but the more 

 lengthened ears are pendant entirely as in the latter, and the deer-like 

 tail likewise is somewhat longer than in the wild type, being similar to 

 that of the Hiinia. The eye, feet, and groin pits, are all forthcoming 

 and as conspicuously ns in the Argalis or in the Hiinia. The colour is 

 usually white but sometimes tinged with fawn, especially upon the face 

 and limbs ; and black is perhaps less rare as a colour in this breed 

 than in the last. The females of the Silingia are - commonly horned, 

 though hornless females are often met with. Great intestines 17 feet, 

 small 55=72. Ccecum 9 inches long by 3 wide. Width of small 

 gut f inch. Of large f . The tame sheep of Tibet (the Hiinia and 

 Silingia) rut in winter and produce young in summer, the females 

 gestating 5^ months. They breed but once a year and produce ordina- 

 rily one young at a birth, but frequently two. Their periods of 

 puberty and of longevity have nothing peculiar or different from what 

 is well known of other breeds in other realms. 



3. Ovis Barudl. — The Barwal. This is a cis-Himalayan breed and the 

 ordinary sheep of the Cachar or northern region of the sub-Himalayas* 

 where immense flocks are reared by the Guriing tribe, in all the tracts 

 between Jiimla and Kirant. The breed extends, as I know, from 

 Kumaoon to Sikim, and, as I conjecture, still further beyond these 

 western and eastern limits. The Barwal is especially the breed of the 

 northern region of the cis-Iiimalayas ; and though its strength of 

 constitution enables it to live pretty well in the central region, yet it is 

 seldom bred there, and never in the southern region of the Hills, nor 

 in the plains of India, the heat of which it probably could not endure. 

 The Barwal is the " hero of a hundred fights," his high courage, vigor- 

 ous frame, superior size aud enormous horns covering and shielding 

 his entire forehead, rendering him more than a match for any foreign 

 * Jjhotc purganalis of Traill apud Trans. Asiatic Society. 



