. All the Russias: travels and studies in contemporary European Russia, Finland, Siberia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. am dehghted to add another sheep silhouette, so to speak, tomemories I have gathered of the meek-nosed, the passionlessfaces of sheep in other parts of the world. The Caucasian sheep—like every other inhabitant, brute or human, of these moun-tains—abounds in character. Unlike other Eastern sheep, it ismainly a white beast, with fawn-coloured ears and fawn-colouredfeet, and a light dash of freckles upon its white nose; but be-yond this pretty colouring only the buttocks
. All the Russias: travels and studies in contemporary European Russia, Finland, Siberia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. am dehghted to add another sheep silhouette, so to speak, tomemories I have gathered of the meek-nosed, the passionlessfaces of sheep in other parts of the world. The Caucasian sheep—like every other inhabitant, brute or human, of these moun-tains—abounds in character. Unlike other Eastern sheep, it ismainly a white beast, with fawn-coloured ears and fawn-colouredfeet, and a light dash of freckles upon its white nose; but be-yond this pretty colouring only the buttocks are remarkable, and THE GEORGIAN ROAD «3 these because they carry what look Hke superfluous cushions ofwool, similar in shape, if I am permitted the illustration, to the bustles of twenty years ago, but which prove to be lumpsof fat between which depend their short and modest rams, of which there are numbers, have horns that curvein double curls, and though they are relatively small like thesheep, they are beautiful and walk with pride among the flock,stamping their feet and barking from time to Vladikavkaz, at the Foot of the Caucasus. Deplorably mingled with the sheep are goats—goats of allsorts and styles, black, brown, white, and mottled; goats withgreat horns sweeping upward and over their backs, or wide-spread to each side, or even malignly twisted one over will ever make a goat look a good animal. Even a kid,in his moment of prettiest play, is impish as a lamb cannot knows why this is. From the first a goat has been usedas an emblem of sin—though nobody who knows goats can un- \ 184 ALL THE RUSSIAS derstand why they should be tolerated upon the left hand, where,after all, you can smell them just as much as if they were uponthe right. And a goat is not morally sensitive; it will not realiseany indignity in being allowed only upon the left hand, whilea sheep is too stupid to appreciate any compliment in beingplaced upon t
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