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Aries, or film and (heep, the hotos

which are (ha.

pcd {¡k'l! a half-moon, and comprclT(, d. T his animdl is

pcrhaps the motl gende and inoífen(jve. and at the

fame

time ,he mo!l timid and fiupid , of all quadruped, . In

a noek of fhecp, thcrc is

aJways

a leader,

whofe

tlcps

th~

rd l imp!ieitiy and b!ind!y follow. l ( he runs over a pre–

cípice, the whole flock follow his exampJe. and cannot

be rcfi raincd th ough e"ietcnt defi ruélloo be the eonfe–

quence. T hc fmallefl noife,

uncammon, makes them

n tn

prccipitantl y againfi

eaeh

other, withoul

knowing

the caufe of their d."nger, or bcing able to

eXlric,u~

{hem.

fdves. In (oow,

thcy

remain 11xcd in the

(Jnle

rp()(;

and continuc obllinal ely

(hat rituation, unlefs (hey are

forc<d tOmove by ,h. Chephcrd or hi, dogo But ,houz n

<\afi.trd!y in it(e1f, ,houeh almofi devoid of Cemimen, . lId

mental qualities,

thi~

animal is

the

man

extenfive

tililY 'o mao.

alfards u, botn (ood and c!oathi ng, be–

fides

Ihe

advaotages

derive: from iu milk, its

(kln,

and

i.. t.l!ow.

Love,

lhe

liveliell: Centiment in all animals, is (he on–

Iy p,flion whieh in(pires tne ram witn any degre< o( vi–

"acity ; when unrler the ¡nfluence

this p.lffion, he be–

comes pClUlanl, runs

againH

hís neighbours. and fometimcs

c\'cn auacks the Olepherd

hirnfdf, Bu t

lhe ewe, or fe–

nnte,

though

the

Carne r.tuation, docs

nOI

appear

in the leall .ffeé!ed; Che feem, to have no o,her infiina

Ih.n thal o( Gmp!y admiuing ,he emhraees o( ,he ram,

e. ,ing her (ood, and recogniGng her offspring; ,he lamb,

on ,he olher hand, is eodowed with the fame infiiné! of

dillinguiChi ng its motner (rom the rell of the flock.

T h.. aniOla!, (o (o(t .and fo Gmple in i.. nature and

diCpoGtion, i, likewife elttremely weak and (<<ble in in

con!\itution :

T hey

cao endure

b UI

linle

fatigue ; wheo–

evcr they

rUD,

thcir hearla palpitare. and their wind fails

Ihem; theyare equal!y iocapable ofbearing he' l or eold,

fno'" or rain : T hey are fu bjea ' o

m.ny

diCea(e" morl

of which are eonn gious : T hey bring fonn Iheir young

witb

paio

and difficuh y, and requi re more aare and

¡{–

tenlion

Iban

any

other domefi ic

animal.

The ram i. eapableofeeoeration at ,he age of , 8 mon,h,;

and the e\Ve can be impreena,ed when a year old. Ooe

ram i, fuRieient for

ewes. H e ougn, tO be

fi ,00l!' wdl proportioncd ; hi, head n,oultl be ,bick and

Ilrong, his Cront large. his eyes b!ack, his no(e flat, ni.

nctk thick, hi, body long . 0J tall, ni, ,e(lides m

.rfy,

and hi,

tail

lone . W hite i, the befi colou r for a " nI.

T he ewes whoCe wool is mofi pkoti(ul , buChy, loog, fo("

and whitt , a're motl proper fo r br"ceders. efpecially when

the

fame

time

they

are: of a

hrge

(ize,

have:

thiel ncck.

•od mo"e nimbly,

E We5

are geoerally io (e.(on from ' ne end o( O.'lober

lo ,he begioning of Apfl l : Ho\Vcver, ,h.y

ma~

be impreg–

n¡red al any tim. , if .ner be (ed wi'n fli mulatiog nou–

n (hmenr, as

(.lit

water, and bread

mddc:

of hemp. feltd.

T hey eo wi.n youog aboul Gve Olonths, and geoerally

bring

rurth

but

ene:ll

a time,

thOllgh

1rC'quen:ly

[\VD :

In "'afm c1imarcs. they may bring

(un h

(\Vice

a year ;

b Ul

in Brn;un,

Fu nc!!,

.md

man

pans

of Europe, ooly

Once. T hey give milk pl<oti(ully for (.veo or

" Cllt

monlhs: T hei r 11\11' affords

nourithm:nt

for clul.lren

3nd

countl y

peopll!

goon che:efe is nuele of it, efpcci.llly

when mi

( ¡j

with co·.v- milk.

T hey

lin:

(ror.l 10 ID l'

)~eus

,¡nll .lrc

cap.llilc

bringin&forth

Ion:

they

ltvr:.

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' Vheo ,he male Ilmb, are no. iot<nded ' o be ke?t (or

prop.g¡uiun, but (..

Hened

fur food, they otlght

caHratcd al

the age

o( fivc

IiK

months. T h;s

operol–

tion is performcd tWOways: in lhe onc, 3n ¡ncirion lS

molde ano lhe (eaieJes taken OUt ; in lhe

olher.

a ligi\lll.e

tied

t¡ght

round the fCr01Unl, above: 1he

(e¡ lides, whicb

foon ddlroys lhe veffels which nourifh them. A(ter

ca·

ll ration. they are called weathers,

T he ram,

ewe, anJ

weathcr, when

one year old, lare

lhe

t\Yo fo rerceth of

lhe

un¿er

jaw;

ri x

months

a(u:,r–

wards,

thc:y

lor\!

the

two roretceth

nex-t to (hefe ; anel

the age of three years, lhe leelh

are

0:\11

rrp!accd ,

T he

age

of a

rolnl

m?y

]ike\4'ife

di(covcrcd

thd r horos,

whicb ahv, ys .ppear Ihe fi rfi year, and (requently

(00'1

Ihey are brou;!ht forth . ''"fhefe

horos

uniformly

ac·

quire en additiooi\1 ring every year as

long;:¡s

lhe crcdture

Jivcs.

The e \Ves

communly

holve

horl1s,

UU(

krnd

of long

protub~rances

plJ.ce

them :

Howe\'cr, fome

lhcm have two, and

fome

four horns _

lo Spain, and ,he (ou,hero parts of Europe, the flock.,

are kept io filades

fiables du ring lhe Olght ; but m

Britain, where

there

DOW

danger from

wolves,

they are

allowed

remaio

without ,

both

night and day ;

which

m:lkes

the animals more: heahhy, and

thelr

{len1

more whole food.

D ry

and mounlainous grounus,

where

tnyme aod Cheep', fefe"e e ra(s abound, are ,he b, fi for

the pafl uring nleep.

2 .

T he

Guineenfis, or

Guinea

fh eep,

has

pendulous

ears,

)ax hairy dew.laps, and a prominence

0 0

lhe hind

pan

tbe head. T he wool is Chort, like ,har of a goat.

native

of Guinea.

T ho IlrepGceros, or Cre,ao fueep, has firai, eari–

nated horns, twiCl:ed in a

fpiral

manner.

is a oative of

Mounl l ola.

OU L NEY, a markel-town of B uckioghamOlire, r" uHcd

nine milis (outb·eafi of NClrthampton.

O U L Z, a towo o(] taly, io ' ne provioee of P iedmont, G,u_

. tcd in E loog. 6°

30°,

N. lal. 45 °.

O UNCE, a lin le weieh t, the r,xteen,h

P'"

of a pouod a–

voirdupois, aud the l \Velf,h part of a pouoJ <roy.

O UNe E, in zoology. See L EO .

O UNDL E, a market·,o\Vn o( Nor'h. mptonChire, r"u >ted

on the r¡ver NeD,

t\Venly·t·NO

miles

nouh-eat1

of Nurth ·

::lmplon .

OVOLO, or

O V U M ,

arehit~éture,

round moulding,

" hofe profi le, or (weep, in the ¡onie and

com pofite c.. pi.

tals,

ufually a qu..drant of a e¡rele: wheDce it is alfo

eommonly e. lled the quarter_round .

It is u(u;dly cut Wilh

the

repreCentation o( eggs anJ ao.

chors or arrows heads pl"ced

altc:rn.ttely

OUSE,

r¡ver,

wnlch,

riring

lhe

nonh

of YorUhir:,

runs

fouth-ea(t by

York ;

and, cantinoiog thal courf:-,

faHs into

the

Trent.

Oll SE ,

al(o

" r¡ver which rifes on the confines of Ox·

ford!bire and

Buckinghaml'hirlo'!;

aod

running nonh

e.1l~

,hrougb BuckinghamChire, BedfordChire,

H un,in~doo _

Olire,

,.C.r.lbridgdhi re.

and

Norfolk,

pilITes

Rucl..:ng.

ham,

Be~ford,

¡.¡,

o,ingtoo, and E ly, J,(chlfgio¡; i,relr

lhe

b"y

of lhe G l:rman

rea oU

L ynn.

OUSTI:\C H,_M OST ' ACH

e . Ur.l r;',

i. a par!

Ar...ic

RufliJ, exteOl.llng alono the ri\"cr

In is

lO ilS COI

nu~ nC'-!

with

tlle

river

Oby.

and (rom lhetH'l'

nonh\'¡;u J

3100":

t~e

b3nk, or ,he Oby anJ J eoifa, in,o ,he gclp'l o( ,h.

~I .o_

Ipflo.'a. (\r

lhe (rozco

oce30 ;

and cXlcn¿ir.g

aLo

JI 'nA

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