. . A NOTED HOOFED GROUP 105 sportsmen. The result has been their almost completeextermination, and recently their complete protection bylaw for a term of years has been deemed necessary to enablethem to repopulate their haunts. Keen of scent, of largesize, living in most inaccessible places, they are very hard tostalk. The flesh itself is highly prized, and the possessionof a pair of horns is very tangible proof of a hunters color of these sheep, dingj yellow, renders them incon-spicuous; the white rump-patch senes a purpo
. . A NOTED HOOFED GROUP 105 sportsmen. The result has been their almost completeextermination, and recently their complete protection bylaw for a term of years has been deemed necessary to enablethem to repopulate their haunts. Keen of scent, of largesize, living in most inaccessible places, they are very hard tostalk. The flesh itself is highly prized, and the possessionof a pair of horns is very tangible proof of a hunters color of these sheep, dingj yellow, renders them incon-spicuous; the white rump-patch senes a purpose similar tothat of the antelope, the wapiti, and the deer. H. B. Shinn. THE DOMESTIC SHEEP The Sheep are domesticated forms of the wild sheepwhich in prehistoric times roamed throughout mountainousand hilly country the world over. Because of their docilityand the excellence of their flesh and the great usefulness oftheir wool, they were soon domesticated, and almost theearliest industrj of man of which we have any record is thatof sheep raising. From many of
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