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UNGULATES. 
Moor Breeds. 
The Dartmoor and Exmoor sheep may be taken as samples of 
the breeds of the older forests, commons, and chases. They frequently 
have dark or grey faces and limbs, and may be with or without horns; while their 
size is small. The two races mentioned differ from the others in having wool of 
medium length, instead of extreme shortness. 
Southdowns The we ^"^ nown Southdown breed, derived from the chalk hills 
of Sussex, are characterised by the absence of horns, their dark brown 
faces, ears, and limbs, and their short felting wool. Their size and weight are 
HEAD OF MERINO RAM. 
Dorsets. 
subject to local variation; but their heads are always comparatively small, their 
lower jaws thin and fine, and the space between their ears well covered with wool. 
A good Southdown carries more meat in proportion to offal than does any other of 
the short-woolled varieties. 
The Dorset and pink-nosed Somerset breed, are indigenous to 
the south-west of England, and are easily recognised by their long 
limbs, the presence of horns in both sexes, and their white limbs and faces, the 
muzzle being often flesh-coloured. The wool is of medium length, and the lambs 
are produced unusually early. There is a variety of the Dorset breed in Dean 
Forest and on the Mendip Hills, small, compact animals that thrive on the poorest 
soil. The Portland sheep are an allied but smaller breed. 
The small merino sheep, in which the males have long spiral 
horns while the females are usually hornless, may have either 
white or grey faces and limbs, and are distinguished from all other breeds by the 
great length and fineness of their wool. Originally a native of Spain, the breed has 
Merino. 
