. The American shepherd : being a history of the sheep, with their breeds, management, and diseases : illustrated with portraits of different breeds, sheep barns, sheds, &c. : with an appendix, embracing upwards of twenty letters from eminent wool-growers and sheep-fatteners of different states, detailing their respective modes of management . Sheep; Sheep. FAT-TAILED SHEEP. 53 in yards, so as to be in little danger of hurting their tails from tlje bushes. The shepherds in several places in Syria fix a thin piece of board to the under part, which is not, like the rest, covered with wool, a
. The American shepherd : being a history of the sheep, with their breeds, management, and diseases : illustrated with portraits of different breeds, sheep barns, sheds, &c. : with an appendix, embracing upwards of twenty letters from eminent wool-growers and sheep-fatteners of different states, detailing their respective modes of management . Sheep; Sheep. FAT-TAILED SHEEP. 53 in yards, so as to be in little danger of hurting their tails from tlje bushes. The shepherds in several places in Syria fix a thin piece of board to the under part, which is not, like the rest, covered with wool, and to this board are some- times added^ small wheels ; whence, with a little exaggera- tion, we have the story of the Oriental sheep being under the necessity of carts to carry their tails. But the necessity oT carriages for the tails of the African sheep, mentioned by Herodotus, Eudolphus, and others, is real. The tail of that animal when fat actually trails, not being tucked up like those of the Sjrrian ;. THE FAT-TAILED SHEEP. A distinguished writer on sheep supposes the broad or fat-tailed sheep merely a variety of the fat-rumped; " the strange collection of adipose matter having otlly shifted its situation from the posterior part of the haunch—the very rump to the superior part of the tail. This may have been at first accidental,, and perpetuated by accident or ;. 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 Morrell, Luke A. New York : Harper & Brothers
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