. A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings . 92 FAMILY LINTON, SHORT, OR FOREST LINTON, SHORT, OR FOREST SHEEP. I. The Heath, Linton, Short, or Forest Sheep depicted above,are names indiscriminately given to the several varieties of the samebreed, which is found in the north-western counties of England, andthence forward to the western highlands of Scotland. The specific characters of this race are, la
. A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings . 92 FAMILY LINTON, SHORT, OR FOREST LINTON, SHORT, OR FOREST SHEEP. I. The Heath, Linton, Short, or Forest Sheep depicted above,are names indiscriminately given to the several varieties of the samebreed, which is found in the north-western counties of England, andthence forward to the western highlands of Scotland. The specific characters of this race are, large spiral horns; faces blackor mottled, and legs black; eyes wild and fierce; carcass short and firm ;wool long, open, coarse and shaggy; fleece averaging about three poundsand a half at four years and a half. They are of a hardy constitution,admirably calculated for elevated, heathy, and exposed districts: and,judging from this aptitude to support the hardships of constant exposurein a wild pasturage country, as well as from the form of the horns, whichis characteristic of the animal in its unimproved state, it may be not im-probably inferred, that they are directly descended from the parentstock of the kingdom. The true black-faoed breed is said to be distin-guis
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