. British zoology . veja Caneiro Ovelha Germ. Widder Schaaf Dut. Ram Schaep Sewed. Wadur Faar Dan. V^dder, Vasre Faar Ovis, Rail fyn. quad. 73. Aries, &c. Klein, quad. n. Gefn. quad. 71. Aries laniger cauda rotunda Ovis arias, ovis anglica mutica brevi Brijfon quad. 48. Cauda fcrotoque ad genua pen- i. tab. i, 2. dulis. Lin. fyjt. 97. ^ Br. Zool. 10. Syn. quad. Ovis cornibus comprelTis lunatis. No. 8, Faun. Suec. 45. LAgneau Agnello Cordero Cordeiro Lamm Lam Lamb Lam, agna Gimmer Lame IT does not appear from any of the early writers,that the breed of this animal was cultiv
. British zoology . veja Caneiro Ovelha Germ. Widder Schaaf Dut. Ram Schaep Sewed. Wadur Faar Dan. V^dder, Vasre Faar Ovis, Rail fyn. quad. 73. Aries, &c. Klein, quad. n. Gefn. quad. 71. Aries laniger cauda rotunda Ovis arias, ovis anglica mutica brevi Brijfon quad. 48. Cauda fcrotoque ad genua pen- i. tab. i, 2. dulis. Lin. fyjt. 97. ^ Br. Zool. 10. Syn. quad. Ovis cornibus comprelTis lunatis. No. 8, Faun. Suec. 45. LAgneau Agnello Cordero Cordeiro Lamm Lam Lamb Lam, agna Gimmer Lame IT does not appear from any of the early writers,that the breed of this animal was cultivated forthe fake of the wool among the Britains; the inhabi-tants of the inland parts of this iQand either wententirely naked, or were only clothed with fkins,Thofe who lived on the fea coafts, and were themod civilized, affeded the manners oftheG^^//j,and wore like them a fort of garments made ofcoavfe wool, called Brach^. Thefe t^ey probablyhad from Gaul, there not being the left traces of manufadlures Fleecy,. ^^ SHEEP. Class I. manufadures among the Britains, in the hiftoriesof thofe times. On the coins or money of the Britains are feenimpre/Ted the figures of the horfe, the bull and thehog, the marks of the tributes exaded from themby the conquerors*. The Reverend Mr. Peggewas fo kind as to inform me that he has ^iitnon the coins of C^;/^M*«thatofafheep. Since thatis the cafe, it is probable that our anceflors were pof-fefled of the animal, but made no farther ufe ofit than to flrip off the fkin, and wrap themfelvesin it, and with the wool inmofl:, obtain a comfort-able protedlion againft the cold of the winterfeafon. This neglefb of manufafture, may be eafilyaccounted for, in an uncivilized nation whofe wantswere few, and thofe eafily fatisfied; but what ismore furprifing, when after a long period we hadcultivated a breed of flieep, whofe fleeces were fu-perior to thofe of other countries; we dill negledl:-ed to promote a woollen manufadlure at valuable branch
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