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THE SAVAGE WORLD. 
inhabitants alike for their mutton, the fat stored up in the tail and hind¬ 
quarters, and for their wool, which is very abundant, soft and warm. 
The Afghan 
Fat-tailed Sheep is 
notable for the size 
and fatness of its 
tail and the silki-, 
ness of its coat. The 
fleece is exported 
and forms an im¬ 
portant article of 
commerce. 
The Wallach- 
ian Sheep is found 
in Wallachia and 
Hungary. Its fleece 
is long and silken 
and its large horns 
spiral. 
The Siberian 
Argali, or Mouflon 
(Caprovis argali ), 
is about as large as 
an ox, and has horns 
four feet long, and 
nearly a foot and 
three-quarte r s 
around, measured 
at the base. These 
head oe merino sheep. horns,rising straight 
at first, next curve as far as the chin, when they again curve upward. It is 
a mountaineer and climbs the rocks with a rapidity and ease which are as 
surprising as unexpected. They 
are sometimes buried in snowdrifts, 
when hunters take advantage of 
their helplessness. 
The Rocky Mountain Big¬ 
horn (Ovis Montana ) runs in small 
herds over the crags of California. 
Its flesh is highly esteemed, but 
the animal is shy and not often 
captured. 
The Bearded Argali, or Aou- 
dad (Ammotragus tragelaphus ), has 
its habitat in northern Africa, and is 
a large animal which sports about MUSE sheep. 
the rocks and precipices as though it were the smallest of chamois. Its fore 
legs are ruffled above the knees and have given it the name of the ruffled 
mouflon. 
