THE RAM. 



Generic Characters. 

 Horns twilled ipirally, and pointing outwards. 

 Eight cutting teeth in the lower jaw, none in the upper. 



Synonims. 

 Ovis Aries, Linn. Syfl. 97. 

 Far, Faun. Suec. No. 45. Brit. Z00L 1. 22. 

 Ovis, Plin. lib. viii. c. 47. Raii Syn. Quad. 73. 

 Widder Schaaf, Klein Quad. 13. 

 Le Brebis, de Bujfon, v. i. tab. 1. 2. 



THE Ram is the male of that well-known and ufeful animal, the Sheep, 

 of which the female is called Ewe ; the young one, whether male or female, 

 Lamb ; and the male deprived, Wether : the Ram is alfo called Tup, in fome 

 parts of England. This animal is fo well known, that a particular defcription 

 of its figure feems unneceifary ; it is, however, fubjecl to numberlefs varieties, 

 arhing from crofs-breeding, food, and climate, the effect: of which is more 

 remarkable in this, than in any other animal. 



The Sheep is certainly the moll ufeful of the Idler quadrupeds ; and the 

 bounty of the Creator has fo tempered its conllitution, as to enable it to exill, 

 and even thrive, in almoll every variety of climate, rendering moll eflential 

 fervices to mankind wherever it goes. Mild, innocent, and gentle in its 

 nature, it feems confcious of its defencelefs Hate, and looks to man for that 

 protection, which it feeks in vain from its own fpecies ; yet, however timid 

 it may be, the female follows the impulfe of nature, fo evident in all its fex, 

 in the care and protection of its young, which it attempts to defend in time 



