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THE STORY OF THE WILD SHEEP . 
The Barbary sheep attains a height of rather over three feet, and is of a 
nearly uniform pale yellow color. 
The Arabs are in the habit of pitching their tents near the scanty springs 
frequented by these sheep., and daily lead their goats high up the mountains. 
Consequently, the animals have no means of escaping from them, as every 
BARBARY, OR MANED SHEEP. 
mountain within reach of water is similarly infested. They are constantly 
within sight and hearing of the Arabs and their goats, and as they cannot get 
away they have developed the art of hiding themselves to an extraordinary 
extent, and they have unlimited confidence in their own invisibility. 
