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Title: The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832 Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University) NCRS Blyth, Edward, 1810-1873 Mudie, Robert, 1777-1842 Johnston, George, 1797-1855 Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893 Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885
Subjects: Animals
Publisher: London : Wm. S. Orr and Co., Amen Corner, Paternoster Row
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lli.il.mu.v Jiilll. RUMIJIANTIA. 143 of Guillen, which Iiave also long tails, are ilisling^uished by their long leg«, very convex forehead, pendent ears,want of horns, and short coarse hair instead of wool. Tlie Sheep of Northern Euroi^ and Asia are mostly of smallsize, with a very short tail, [the truth being, tliat this appcndajce is merely cut short by the shepherds soon afterbirth]. Thoseof Persia, Tartary, and China, have the tail completely transformed into a double plobe of fat.The Syrian and Barbary Sheep retain long tails, which are loaded with a vast mass of fat. In both the lattervarieties, the ears are pendent, the bonis large in the Rams and middle-sized in the Ewes and Wethers, and thewool is intenni.\ed with hair. Sheep are valuable for Iheir flesh, suet, milk, skin, wool, and manure; the flocks, well managed, proving every-where a source of fertility. The Lamb is weaiitd at two months, and sheds its milk teeth from the first to tliethird year. The Ewe propagates at on
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