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The Tartarian SHEEP. 



The Sheep, of which the annexed cut is an accurate 

 reprefentation, feem to be the fame with thofe defcribed, 

 by Mr Pennant, under the name of the fat-rumped Sheep. 

 A pair of them was brought to this country, by way of 

 Ruffia, from the borders of Tartary. They are rather 

 larger than the Englifh Sheep. The colour of the male 

 is roan, or light-brown mixed with white 5 that of the 

 female, black and white: Their ears are pendulous; 

 and, inftead of a tail, they have a large protuberance o£ 

 fat behind, which cov@rs the rump. When the drawing 

 was made, they had juft been fhorn ; at other times, the 

 wool is fo long and thick, that their form cannot be well 

 diftinguifhed. 



The fat-rumped Sheep abound in Tartary ; and are an- 

 nually fold, in great numbers, into Ruffia. They are ve- 

 ry prolific and ufually bring forth two at a time, often 

 three. 



The African or Guinea Sheep are found in mod of the 

 tropical climates. They are large, ftrong, and fwift; 



