THE AFRICAN BREEDS. 
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“ 111 Iielaiul, the total number may be estimated at 
about 2,000,000; and on the whole, therefore, 
32,000,000 may he assumed as the grand total num- 
ber in Great Britain and Ireland at the present 
time.” 
Of the African breed of sheep, one of the most 
abundant is the Long-legged Sheep ; according to F. 
Cuvier, the Ovis AfricanasaA Mthiopica of syste- 
matists, but evidently only a peculiar form of the 
animal. It is particularly characterized by the great 
length of the legs, the pendulous ears, the arch- 
ed forehead, and the fleece, which is short, curled, 
and crisp ; upon the neck it assumes the form of a 
mane, and on the shoulders often spreads out from 
a centre, like hair on the rump of the camel or dro- 
medary, Cuvier’s figure is represented black and 
white, and was procured from Faisan. We may 
here notice, as somewhat allied, a breed from Per- 
