LAW OF BATTLE. 
247 
Ch. 
ap. XVII. 
b: 
* e eds of the sheep and goat, the males alone are fur- 
u,8 hed with horns; and it is a significant fact, that in 
° ne such breed of sheep on the Guinea coast, the horns 
ar e not developed, as Mr. Win wood Eeade informs me, 
1)1 the castrated male ; so that they are affected in 
this respect like the horns of stags. In some breeds, 
as in that of N. Wales, in which both sexes are properly 
l 01 'ned, the ewes arc very liable to he hornless. In 
t heso same sheep, as I have been informed by a trust- 
worthy witness who purposely inspected a flock during 
* J he lambing-season, the horns at birth are generally 
! n °re fully developed in the male than in the female. 
^ ith the adult musk-ox (Ovibos moschatus ) the horns of 
| he male are larger than those of the female, and in the 
Mter the bases do not touch . 13 In regard to ordinary 
little Mr. Blyth remarks : “ In most of the wild bovine 
ai Umals the horns are both longer and thicker in the 
‘‘ bull than in the cow, and in the cow-banteng (Bos 
s ondaicus ) the horns are remarkably small, and in- 
clined much backwards. In the domestic races of 
‘‘ cattle, both of the humped and bumpless types, the 
' horns are short and thick in the bull, longer and 
( aiore slender in the cow and ox ; and in the Indian 
buffalo, they are shorter and thicker in the bull, longer 
and more slender in the cow. In tho wild gaour 
(B. gaums ) the horns are mostly both longer and 
‘ thicker in the bull than in the cow .” 14 Hence with 
sheath-horned ruminants the horns of the male 
are either longer or stronger than those of the female. 
'ith the Rhinoceros simus, as I may here add, the 
horns of the female aro generally longer but less power- 
hd than in the male ; and in some other species of 
13 Richardson, ‘ Fauna Bor. Americana,’ p. 278. 
14 ‘ Land and Water,’ 1867, p. 316. 
