HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 63 



heavy tails, which grow a foot broad, and fo long, that 

 the {hepherds are obliged to put boards with fmall wheels 

 under them, to keep them from galling. The flefh of 

 thefe tails is efteemed a great delicacy : It is of a fub- 

 (tance between fat and marrow, and eaten with the lean 

 of the mutton : They generally weigh from twenty to 

 fifty pounds each. 



The Sheep, bred on the mountains of Thibet, produce 

 wool of extraordinary length and fmenefs, of which is 

 made the Indian fhawl, frequently fold in this country 

 for fifty pounds or upwards. 



The Walachian SHEEP. 



In Walachia, they have Sheep with curious fpiral 

 horns, {landing upright, in the form of a fcrew ; long 

 fhaggy fleeces; and, in fize and form, nearly refembling 

 ours. They are alfo found in the ifland of Crete, and in 

 many of tl^e illands of the Archipelago. — This is faid to 

 be the Strepficheros of the ancients. 



