. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. Dorset Sheep. The Black-Faced Sheep, whatever its origin, has been for cen-turies bred in Scotland, and itis related that one of the Scot-tis
. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. Dorset Sheep. The Black-Faced Sheep, whatever its origin, has been for cen-turies bred in Scotland, and itis related that one of the Scot-tish kings kept 5,000 of them forthe use of the royal modern specimens havemostly horns, with more or lessspiral twist, but the ewes arefrequently without horns. Thefaces and legs are either blackor mottled; the eyes are wildand fierce. They are coveredwith wool about the foreheadand lower jaw, and the woolgenerally is somewhat open andlong, and coarse and shaggy—not so long, however, but the sheep may be properly classed amongthe middle-wooled breeds. They are active and hardy, and endurecold weather better than other sorts of sheep, except the Black-Faced Sheep. The Fat-Tailed Sheep demands attention on account of itsremarkable peculiarities. Itis undoubtedly derived , where the early shep-herds dwelt with their flocks,but it IS now found scatteredover a large extent of of these sheep, of theweight of 50 to 00 lbs., willcarry a tail weighing 15 or 1(5lbs. In cases where it hasbeen carefully fattened untilit turned the scale at I.^O ;! tail has weighed fully one-third of that amount. Thetail is broad and raiher flat,mostly covered with long wool, as shown in the engraving, and en-tirely formed of a substance between marrow and tallow; and this,it is said, is used in households instead of butter.
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