SHEEP. 



Class I. 



GENUS HI. SHEEP. 



Horns twisted spirally, and pointing outwards. 



4. Fleecy. Ovis, Raii syn. quad. 73. 



Gesn. quad. 71. 



Ovis Aries, ovis anglica mutica 

 cauda scrotoquead genua pen- 

 dulis. Gm. Lin. 197. 



Ovis comibuscompressis lunatis. 



Faun. Suec. 45. 



Aries, &c. Klein, quad. 13. 

 Aries laniger cauda rotunda 



brevi. Brisson quad. 48. 

 Be Buffon torn. v. fob. 1,2. 

 Br. Zool. 10. Hist. quad. 



I.37- 





Male. 



Female. 



Lamb. 



Brit. 



Hwrdd. Maharen 



Uafad 



Oen 



Fr en. 



Le Belier 



La brebis 



L'Agneau 



Ital. 



Montone 



Pecora 



Agnello 



Span. 



Cavnero 



Oveja 



Cordero 



Port. 



Caneiro 



Ovelha 



Cordeiro 



Germ. 



. Widder 



Schaaf 



Lamm 



But. 



Ram 



Scbaep 



Lam 



Swed. 



Wadur 



Faar 



Lamb 



Ban. 



Vaedder, Vsere 



Faar 



Lam, agna 

 Gimmer Lam 



.I.T does not appear from any of the early wri- 

 ters, that the breed of this animal was cultivat- 

 ed for the sake of the wool among the Britons; 

 the inhabitants of the inland parts of this island 

 either went entirely naked, or were only clothed 

 with skins ; those who lived on the sea coasts, 



