io 
III. SHEEP. 
8. Ram, 
SHEEP. 
are made ftiields and targets, impenetrable by a 
bullet. He celebrates their fwiftnefs, fays their hair 
is white, hoofs black as jet._ 
Horns twilled fpirally and pointing outwards. 
'Eight cutting teeth in the lower jaw, none in the 
upper. 
Cvis. Plmii. lib . viii. c. 47. Gef- 
ner quad .. 771. Rail fyn. quad. 
Wielder Schaaf. Klein quad. 13. 
La brebis. de Button , v. 1. tab. 
I. II. 
Aries Laniger cauda rotunda 
brevi. Brijfon quad. 48. 
Ovis aries. O. cormbus com- 
preffis lunatis. Lin.JyJl. 97. 
Far. Faun. fuec. No. 45. Br. 
Zool. I. 2?. 
Subjedt to vaft variety: its origin not certainly 
known. The Moufflon of M. de Buffon , to be de¬ 
ferred hereafter, approaches neareft; but ftill has 
fome diftindtions that makes it nearer allied to the 
goat and deer. 
The flieep the moft ufeful of the leflfer animals; 
the Source of wealth in civilized nations. England 
once the envy of Europe for its vaft commerce in 
the products of this creature, now begins to be ri¬ 
valled by others, thro’ the negledt, the luxury, the 
too great avidity of our manufacturers. The Eng* 
lijlo wool excellent for almoft every purpofe. The 
Spanijh extremely fine •, the ceconomy of the ftiep- 
herds admirable, as is their vaft attention to the 
bufinefs^ and their annual migrations with their 
flocks. The fineft fleeces in the world are thofe 
of Caramania *, referved entirely for the Moulhaes 
Chardin 'V 'Travels in Harris s Coll. ii. 878. 
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