. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. V THE SHEEP I, General Considerations and Qualities master bade him, and been protected as much Common to the Species ^s possible against ah dangers, he has become One of the most ancient, if not the most stupid and dreamy ; his senses ha\'e lost their ancient, of domestic animals is the sheep. It acuteness. The vigilance and perspicacity is the first mentioned in the Bible. Abel was shown by certain wild sheep still existing have a shepherd, whi
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. V THE SHEEP I, General Considerations and Qualities master bade him, and been protected as much Common to the Species ^s possible against ah dangers, he has become One of the most ancient, if not the most stupid and dreamy ; his senses ha\'e lost their ancient, of domestic animals is the sheep. It acuteness. The vigilance and perspicacity is the first mentioned in the Bible. Abel was shown by certain wild sheep still existing have a shepherd, which proves that the earliest given place, in the domestic animal, to a meek- known men followed that calling side by side ness and docility that are now A Dutch Sheep Farm with tillage of the soil. In the beginning this animal certainly could not have been foimcl in a tame state ; consequently our present wool and mutton sheep must have come from a wild ancestry. But all that is lost in the night of time. He has now become, in his domestic state, so entirely dependent on man that he could not exist without him. Having always yielded to his master's will, gone where that 164 Sheep are very easily acclimated, so that we find them in the coldest climates, and also in the hottest. They bear the cold of Siberia, Kamchatka, and our western plains as well as the heat of Senegal, the Indies, and Australia, which, however, does not prevent them from preferring a temperate climate and thriving in it. They can bear a dry cold better than much humidity. Digitized by IVIicrosoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Voogt, Gos de, 1863-1918; Wormeley, Katharine Prescott; Burkett, Charles William, 1873- ed. Boston, Ginn & Company
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