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THE PERSIAN SHEEP. 
bounding upon it, and knocking it head-over-heela. 
When in a state of eagerness or excitenaent, it paced 
about more like a deer than a domestic sheep ; that 
is, it held its bead and neck very erect, and its fore 
limbs very straight and firm, lifting its feet high while 
walking, and setting them down with force. The 
stuffed specimen conveys no notion of the way in 
which it stood upon its pins. W hen a carriage came 
to the door, it would stamp with its feet, and utter 
a deep tremulous angry bleat, as if to deter the horses 
from entering any farther upon its domains. 
“ It became again feeble and emaciated about the 
middle of the second winter, and died in the stable 
during the prevalence of a severe storm of frost and 
snow. Though of a picturesque and pleasing aspect, 
it was not of a form or countenance to be admired 
by the cultivators of our domestic sheep ; its ai’ched 
front, and various other characters, partaking strong- 
ly of the acknowledged attributes of our unimproved 
breeds. Its death, however, was deeply regretted 
by us all.” 
It appears to spread itself into many varieties ; the 
Morocco breed : the Congo breed, with a very arched 
profile, and covered with very loose wool instead of 
hair; the ears very pendulous, two wattles beneath 
the throat, and the tail very long and slender : the 
Guinea breed, and the Angola races, which have a 
finer wool, and the profile more nearly approaching 
to the form of the sheep of Europe. There is a cu- 
rious variety which Major Smith refers to the Angola 
