The Sheep And Its Cousins
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3 Fig. I. Hunia Ewe and Ram.
Fig. 2. Head of Cagi Ram.
Fig. 3. Unicorn Barwal Rams.
BREEDS OF ASIATIC HIGHLANDS 155 the domesticated sheep of Tibet and the adjacent districts of the Himalaya are much better known than are those of any other part of the Asiatic highlands ; and it is to these that attention is mainly directed in this volume. Mr. Hodgson's article, which is entitled " The Tame Sheep and Goats of the sub- Himalayas and Tibet," was published at Calcutta in the year 1847 in the Journ...al of the Asiatic Society' of Bengal, vol. xvi. pp. 1003-1026, and contains good illustrations of the various breeds.
The breed specially characteristic of the Tibetan plateau, and the one employed in carrying salt and borax over the stupendous passes, some of which can be crossed only by yak, sheep, and goats, is known in the western districts as the Hunia, and in the eastern provinces as the haluk. 1 1 is a tall, black- faced, and often black -headed sheep (pi. xii.
fig. i), standing from 30 to 32 inches at the withers, usually with horns in both sexes, although these may be absent in the ewes, and a tail not exceeding from ic\ to 5^ inches in length.
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3 Fig. I. Hunia Ewe and Ram.
Fig. 2. Head of Cagi Ram.
Fig. 3. Unicorn Barwal Rams.
BREEDS OF ASIATIC HIGHLANDS 155 the domesticated sheep of Tibet and the adjacent districts of the Himalaya are much better known than are those of any other part of the Asiatic highlands ; and it is to these that attention is mainly directed in this volume. Mr. Hodgson's article, which is entitled " The Tame Sheep and Goats of the sub- Himalayas and Tibet," was published at Calcutta in the year 1847 in the Journ...al of the Asiatic Society' of Bengal, vol. xvi. pp. 1003-1026, and contains good illustrations of the various breeds.
The breed specially characteristic of the Tibetan plateau, and the one employed in carrying salt and borax over the stupendous passes, some of which can be crossed only by yak, sheep, and goats, is known in the western districts as the Hunia, and in the eastern provinces as the haluk. 1 1 is a tall, black- faced, and often black -headed sheep (pi. xii.
fig. i), standing from 30 to 32 inches at the withers, usually with horns in both sexes, although these may be absent in the ewes, and a tail not exceeding from ic\ to 5^ inches in length.
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