118 A DESCRIPTION OF 
figure of the animal in this work, though it is only a va- 
riety of the common species. The horns of the Ewe are 
twisted also, but not so much as those of the Ram, which 
form, near the head, a spiral line. The wool of this spe- 
cies seems to be much longer than that of the common 
Sheep, and to resemble the hair of the goat. A fine Ram 
of this species was presented some years since to the 
Zoological Gardens in the Regent's Park, by Dr. Bow- 
ring. It is there called the Parnassian Sheep, having 
been brought from Mount Parnassus. 
THE ARGALI, OR WILD SHEEP OF ASIA, 
In figure somewhat resembles a ram, but his wool is 
rather like the hair of a goat. His horns are large and 
bent backwards, and his tail is short. He is of the size 
of a small deer, active, swift, wild, and found in flocks in 
the rocky, dry deserts of Asia, Kamtschatka, Barbary, 
and Corsica. His flesh and fat are delicious. He is called 
also the Siberian Sheep or Goat, and he is considered by 
some to be the parent stock of the domestic Sheep. 
