. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. rs the argali ofSiberia and central Asia, while some againdiscover their forerunners in the Ouralsheep of the Himalayas, in the Buhel orblue sheep of the plains of central Asia,or in the bighorns of Kamchatka and Alaskaand the Rocky Mountains of America. The argalis are the largest of all wildsheep, attaining sometimes to a height ofthree and a half feet. They inhabit therocky slopes of southern Siberia and north-ern Mongolia and have much in commonwith the bighorn. A smaller species in-habits the plateau of Tibet, descending
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. rs the argali ofSiberia and central Asia, while some againdiscover their forerunners in the Ouralsheep of the Himalayas, in the Buhel orblue sheep of the plains of central Asia,or in the bighorns of Kamchatka and Alaskaand the Rocky Mountains of America. The argalis are the largest of all wildsheep, attaining sometimes to a height ofthree and a half feet. They inhabit therocky slopes of southern Siberia and north-ern Mongolia and have much in commonwith the bighorn. A smaller species in-habits the plateau of Tibet, descending tothe ]ilains in winter. Ver\- large and heavyargalis arc found on the plateau of Pamir,over eighteen hundred feet above sea level. The mouflon lives in the mountains ofPersia and Armenia and on the islandsof C\]Mus, Sardinia, and Corsica; formerly 166 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS he existed in Spain, and, according to Pliny, inthe vicinity of Mentone. Mouflons live in herds,each uiider the control of a ram. In the matingseason fierce fights take place in which they kill. A CoTSwoLD Ram Photo J. T. Newman, Berkhampstead each other. By nature they are timid and fleeat the slightest noise, which they hear at a verygreat distance. They spring among the mostinaccessible rocks with extraordinary lightnessand agility, and allow no precipice to arresttheir flight until they feel themselves absolutelyout of danger. The rams have huge almost cir-cular horns; the ewes have none. Their hairis very smooth, short, and reddish brown incolor, but in winter it is mixed with wool. The mating of the European mouflons withewes presents no difficulty. Breeders havealways obtained fruitful descendants, whichseems to prove indubitably that the mouflonis the true ancestor of our domestic sheep. III. The Domestic Sheep The difference between the domestic sheepand the wild sheep is not more pronouncedthan that between the sheep and the are the varieties scattered over the instance, the Soma
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