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perature more or less warm, and by its aridity or
moisture, will also be perceptible in the animals
which man has appropriated to himself. The
greater part of those of the same species which
the Egyptian reared are not alike in the north
and in the south. It has been observed, that the
race of sheep in Lower Egypt is remarkable on
account of the size of their tails, and that they are
known by the title of Barbary sheep *. From a
mixture of this latter sort with the common sheep,
which is very frequent amongst animals of this
species living in a domesticated state, in warm
climates, an intermediary race has sprung up, and
is scattered over Turkey, Greece, Provence, &c.
&c. &c.
Above Cairo neither the same rams nor the same
sheep are to be seen as in Lower Egypt. The race
is much stronger and larger. The head of these
animals is there proportionally much greater, and
the tail much bigger, more flattened above and bare
below for about half its length. A large fetlock
hangs under the neck ; their horns are short and
crooked, their legs are not so high, in proportion,
as in the other sorts ; and the testicles of the male
sometimes drag upon the ground. A thick fleece
quite loads them. When it is sheared they do
not touch the wool upon the head, which is soon
• See page 68 of the second volume of this work.
covered
perature more or less warm, and by its aridity or
moisture, will also be perceptible in the animals
which man has appropriated to himself. The
greater part of those of the same species which
the Egyptian reared are not alike in the north
and in the south. It has been observed, that the
race of sheep in Lower Egypt is remarkable on
account of the size of their tails, and that they are
known by the title of Barbary sheep *. From a
mixture of this latter sort with the common sheep,
which is very frequent amongst animals of this
species living in a domesticated state, in warm
climates, an intermediary race has sprung up, and
is scattered over Turkey, Greece, Provence, &c.
&c. &c.
Above Cairo neither the same rams nor the same
sheep are to be seen as in Lower Egypt. The race
is much stronger and larger. The head of these
animals is there proportionally much greater, and
the tail much bigger, more flattened above and bare
below for about half its length. A large fetlock
hangs under the neck ; their horns are short and
crooked, their legs are not so high, in proportion,
as in the other sorts ; and the testicles of the male
sometimes drag upon the ground. A thick fleece
quite loads them. When it is sheared they do
not touch the wool upon the head, which is soon
• See page 68 of the second volume of this work.
covered