THE AFRICAN SHEEP. 



Generic Characters. 

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

 Horns fliort, ears pendant. 



Synonims. 



Aries Guineensis, Margrave BrafiL l 34. Rati Syn. Quad. 75. 



La Brebis de Guinee, Briffbn Quad. 51. 



Sheep of Sahara, Shaw's Travels, 241. 



Le Belier des Indes, de Bujfon, xi. 302. tab, xxxiv. 



African Sheep, Pennant Hift. Quad. vol. i. p. 40. 



Ovis Guineensis, Linn.SyJl. 98. Zimmerman, 131. 



Carnero or Bell Wether, Delia Valle Trav. 91. 



THIS animal, known to the Portuguefe by the name of Cabritto, and 

 fuppofed by Mr. Pennant to have been the Adimain, which Leo Africanus 

 mentions as furnilhing the Lybians with milk and cheefe, poiTefles none of 

 thofe attractive qualities, that produce an involuntary admiration in the 

 breail of the fpe&ator who contemplates either the flocks or individuals of 

 other countries. Neither the formation of its body, the appearance of its 

 coat, nor the quality of its flefti, is worthy of attention: the firft being 

 meagre and ill proportioned; the fecond confuting of rough hair, inftead of 

 the beautiful wool that ufually adorns the other varieties ; and the latter 

 proving equally deftitute of flavour and nutrition. 



The African Sheep is about the flze of an Afs, though its lhape refembles 

 that of the Ram. Its horns are Ihort; its ears pendulous, and, like its body, 

 covered with fliort hair inltead of wool; its legs are extremely long; and 



