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XXIX. Some Account of a Sheeps JJjewed 
alive to the Royal Society, in November 
1-754, having a 7 no 7 tJh''ous Horn grovsmg 
fro?n his Throat ; the fluffed Skin of which^ 
with the Horn in fitu, is 7 tow in the Mu~ 
Jeum of the Society. By James Parfons, 
M. D, and F. R. S. 
Read May 1, 
1755 - 
T 
HIS animal was bred in Devon- 
fhire, with the preternatural horn 
appearing at its birth in much the fame proportion 
as at prefent. The novelty of the thing made the 
farmer fpare the life of the lamb, and bring it up 
till it grew to the fize of a well-grown Iheep, pretty 
large of its kind, and about three or four years old. 
When it was brought before the Society, 1 remem- 
ber the owner faid, the horn weighed then twenty- 
fix pounds ; and the creature fwung it about, and 
raifed it up with amazing ftrength. When he was 
fed, he moved forwards, letting the horn drag be- 
tween his fore-legs, whereby he was enabled to lay 
his nofe to the ground ; for the fkin, by which it 
hung, is flexible, and though reduced to a neck, 
with refped: to the circumference of the horn, yet 
it was hollo V/ as well as flexible, leaving an open 
paflage froga the flelh of the neck to the cavity of 
the horn, and its contents. Sometimes the horn 
would come into f ch pofitions, as to twift the fkin, 
which gave the fieep great uneafinefs ; but, from 
neceffity, he knew how to relieve himfelf, and from 
cuftorrv 
