ANIMALS 



fae fact nevertheless is, that sheep are found native 

 in North America. The Spanish missionaries had 

 long since seen them wild, and mentioned them in 

 their journal. In Venega's History of California, they 

 are also noticed ; but they have lately been seen by 

 Mr. M'Gillivray, of Canada, whose account here foU 

 lows : 



The dimensions of the male, taken on the spot 

 y/here he was killed, (namely, longitude 115 deg.- 

 30 min. west, and latitude 50 deg. north.) are as 

 follow : 





Ft. Inc. 



Length, from the nose to the root of the 





tail .... 



5 



Length of the tail . , 



4 



Circumference round the body • 



4 



The stand » . . 



3 3-4 



Length of the horn . • 



3 1-2 



And girth at the head * ^ 



1 1-4 



The horn is of the circular kind, proceeding in a 

 triangle from the head, like that of the ram. In 

 short, this animal appears to be a compound of the 

 deer and the sheep, having the body and hair of the 

 first, with the head and horns of the last. 



It is to be met with in the rocky mountains, and 

 generally frequents the highest regions which pro-^ 

 duce any vegetation ; though sometimes it descends 

 to feed at the bottoms of the valleys, from whence, 

 on the least alarm, he retires to the most inaccessi- 

 ble precipices, where the hunter can seldom follow 

 him. 



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