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cuftom became ready at that, as well as bringing it 
between his legs to favour his feeding. 
That he was a weh-grown flieep, appears from 
the followino; dimenfions : 
O 
He was four feet fix inches in length, from tlie 
nofe to the fetting on of the tail ; which tail was but 
fix inches long ; and the lize and weight of the horn 
was fo great in proportion to the animal, that no- 
thing but his having been accuftomed to move, and 
carry it about from his birth, can account for the 
great power lie fliewed in his manner of command- 
ing it in every attitude. 
Nature is ever bufy in fupporting herfelf : when a 
preternatural weight was to be carried about, the 
mufcles of the neck had acquired a more than natural 
flrength and robuftnefs to anfwer it ; for it was very 
remarkable, that this creature elevated his head upon 
any occafion, with as much feeming eafe, as if no 
weight had been fufpended to his neckj although, 
joined to fo great a weight as twenty-fix pounds 
avoirdupoize, the enormous fize of the horn muft 
make it very unwieldy and cumberfome, being in 
length along the convex or anterior furface two feet 
feven inches ; and on the concave lide two feet one 
inch ; its greateft circumference two feet two inches, 
middle circumference one foot fix inches j and near 
the apex one foot j and its weight is now fifteen 
pounds, though emptied of its contents. 
It is faid, that the flieep in DevonOiire Iiave their 
natural horns of the fliape of this preternatural one j 
whereas they are curled in thole of other counties. 
Now'this animal had in the natural places no horns, 
but only two horny flumps, projecting no more than 
half 
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