The American shepherd: being a history of the sheep, with their breeds, management, and diseases . mf^rn:mmi. FAT-RUMPED SHEEP. From the earliest times of which we have any authenticaccounts, the Fat-rumped sheep has inhabited the countriesover which the patriarchal shepherds roamed. It is butlittle known in Africa, but prevails extensively in the northand south of Asia ; is found in Palestine in greater numbersthan any other breed, and reaches far into the interior andnorthern parts of Russia. It is purest in the deserts ofGreat Tartary, no other variety being near to contaminate1-3 blood. 52
The American shepherd: being a history of the sheep, with their breeds, management, and diseases . mf^rn:mmi. FAT-RUMPED SHEEP. From the earliest times of which we have any authenticaccounts, the Fat-rumped sheep has inhabited the countriesover which the patriarchal shepherds roamed. It is butlittle known in Africa, but prevails extensively in the northand south of Asia ; is found in Palestine in greater numbersthan any other breed, and reaches far into the interior andnorthern parts of Russia. It is purest in the deserts ofGreat Tartary, no other variety being near to contaminate1-3 blood. 52 HISTORY OF SHEEP. Dr. Anderson, the traveller, gives the following accountof this singularly-forined breed : The flocks of all the Tar-tar hordes resemble one another, by having a large yellow-ish muzzle, the under jaw often projecting beyond the upper;by long hanging ears, and by the horns of the adult rambeing large, spiral, vvrinkled, angular, or bent in a lunarform. They have slender legs in proportion to their bodies,a high chest, large hanging testicles, and tolerably fine woolmixed with hair. The
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