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the smaller pair are seated on each side the head, 

 and turn downwards. 



AFRICAN SHEEP 



Ovis Gulneensis. 0. auribus penduUs, palearibus laxis pilosis, occi* 

 pite prominente. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 92, 



This, which is sometimes termed the Cape 

 Sheep, and which is erroneously mentioned in 

 BufFon's Natural History as of Indian extraction, 

 is supposed to be most frequent in Guinea, and is 

 distinguished from others by its remarkably mea- 

 gre appearance, length of neck and limbs, pen- 

 dent ears, and long arched or curved visage. It 

 is covered rather with hair than wool, and has a 

 pair of pendent hairy wattles beneath the neck, 

 as in goats. The horns are small, and the tail long 

 and lank. This variety is also considered as a dis- 

 tinct species in the twelfth edition of the Systema 

 Naturae. 



BROAD-TAILED SHEEP. 

 Ovis laticaiidata. Lin. Si/st, Nat, p. g'j , 



This extraordinary and awkward variety oc- 

 curs in Syria, Barbary, and Ethiopia. It is also 

 found in Tartary, Tibet, &c. Its general appear- 

 ance, as to other parts of the body, scarce differs 

 from that of the European Sheep, and in Tibet it 

 is remarkable for the exquisite fineness of its 



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