. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. ible to define, which ispossessed by the flesh of noother sheep. This moorland animal re-calls in his exterior the wildsheep, his ancestors. Therams horns resemble those ofthe argali, but the spirals aresmaller and oftener repeated,the head is finely formed, theeye alert and intelligent, the legs very slenderand well made. The color of the coat, the hairof which is short about the head and legs, isbrownish black, brown, reddish brown, tawny,spotted or speckled, or white. All moorlandsheep, however, do not correspond to the typ
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. ible to define, which ispossessed by the flesh of noother sheep. This moorland animal re-calls in his exterior the wildsheep, his ancestors. Therams horns resemble those ofthe argali, but the spirals aresmaller and oftener repeated,the head is finely formed, theeye alert and intelligent, the legs very slenderand well made. The color of the coat, the hairof which is short about the head and legs, isbrownish black, brown, reddish brown, tawny,spotted or speckled, or white. All moorlandsheep, however, do not correspond to the typeabove described. Some have no horns, andothers have the nose stronglycurved; they are mostlysmall and active. Thetail is usually thesesheep are by naturewild and shy andprefer a free life onthe moors, they soonaccustom themselvesto domestic surroundingsand will return every evening faithfully of their own accord. It is A Wallachian Ram ■ ^ ^- ^ ^ i, ^.-u -u u-i c instructive to watch the habits ot these interestine: animals ; let us choose as a. for the commonest stockings and other equallycoarse woolen textures. This sheep inhabits type the moorland sheep of the province ofDrent in the Low Countries. THK SHEEP 169 In this province sheep are kept in flocks,varying in number from a himdred to a thou-sand. In the peat districts there are flocks ofsometimes not more than twenty, which are the shepherd, who, as they reach the opencountry, points out to his dog the direction hewishes taken. When the pasture is reached theflock disperses among the gorse and heather,
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