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SHEEP. 
and Priefts; thofe of Cachemire * excellent ; and 
the Lamb-fkins of Bucharia exquifite. **. 
The fiieep in its nature harmlefs and timid; re¬ 
fills by butting with its horns : threatens by .{lamp¬ 
ing with its foot: drinks little: generally brings 
one at a time, fometimes two, rarely three : goes 
about five months with young: is fubjedl to the 
rot; worms in its liver; the vertigo. 
0 Common Sh. 
With large horns twilling fpirally and outwardly. 
Ovis ruflica. Lin. fyft, 97. 
P Cretan Sh. Ovis Strepfice- 48, 
ros. RaiiJyn. quad. 75. Corni- Streplicheros ou Mouton de Crete., 
bus reftis carinatis liexuofo- Belon voy. 16. Gef/ter quad. 308. 
ipiralibus. Lin.fyft. q8« Icon. 15, 
La Chevre de Crete. Briftbn quad. 
Has large horns quite ere£fc, and twilled like a 
fcrew; common in Hungary (Kram Aufir._ 322.) 
and in Crete. 
y Hornless. Ovis Anglica. Lin. fyft. 97, 
Common in many parts of England ; the largeft 
in Lincolnjhire , the left f horned fheep in Wales . 
^ Many horned. Ovis polycerata. Lin. fyft. 97. 
Common in Iceland , and other parts of the North 5 
they have ufually four horns : a kind from Spain* 
* Bernier s Foy. ii. 04, 
** Bell's Travels , I. 46. Thefe Ikins bear a great price, have a 
fine glofs and rich look. 
f left, a contraction of leffer. vide Wallis Grammat. Lingua Anglic . 
95. and Mr. Edwards s Canons of Criticifm, edit. 6th. p. 278. 
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