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These Doombah sheep accumulate so much fat that they are a 
burden to themselves, and their caudal appendages, called the 
“ lat,” has to be supported artificially by a board. Their fat is 
largely used in the manufacture of soap. 
Ne.xt is a short-eared, black-faced sheep known in the Punjab 
as the “ Boocha.” This is frequently brought to the markets, 
and is readily sold, as the flesh is very good eating. It has no 
wool to speak of, and is reared by most of the nomad tribes of 
the hills. Next we come to a reddish brown variety, which has 
its habitat in the “ Waziri ” mountains amongst the warlike 
people of that name, who reside near “ Bannu ” and “ Dour.” 
Another and a large sized sheep, heavily built, with a much 
arched face and long pendulous ears, is brought from the Shapur 
district, chiefly on the “ Thull ” or plain of “ Mitha ” Tewana. 
When grass fed this sheep will frequently scale a hundred 
pounds, and the meat is thought a delicacy by many in and 
about that locality. There is lastly a class of large horned 
sheep, the rams of which are used for fighting purposes by 
Rajahs and others. These rams are so strong and powerful that 
they have to be secured by stout collars and massive chains, 
and are frequently so savage that if they should by any accident 
get loose they will run at any living thing they come across, 
and rather than do nothing, the natives say, they will make a full 
butt at a wall or tree, even though the impact may break their 
horns. Ram fights are frequently organised in the towns, and 
the mode of fighting of these warriors, when first opposed to 
each other, is to run backwards for a few yards and then charge 
at one another with the utmost speed, their skulls and horns 
coming into violent collision, and this is repeated time after 
time, until one or other turn tail. Any ram, which has estab- 
lished a record, will fetch a very exaggerated price in almost 
any part of the continent of India, for the breed is everywhere 
known and sought after. 
J. F. A. McNair, Major R.A. 
GLIMPSES INTO PLANT-LIFE. 
RS. BRIGHTWEN has once more laid Selbornians 
under obligation by this addition to their bookshelves. 
We have before expressed our opinion as to the merits 
of her works, the chief of which is that they are the 
outcome of personal and careful observation. But they owe 
much to their simplicity of style : Mrs. Brightwen does not 
attempt fine writing, nor does she consider it necessary to evolve 
* Glimpses into Plant-Life : an Easy Guide to the Study of Botany. By Mrs. 
Brightwen, F.E.S. With illustrations by the author and Theo. Carreras. 8vo, 
pp. 351. Fisher Unwin, London, 1897. Price 3s. 6d. 
