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MOUFLON

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 351 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MOUFLON  .—Size 30X15 in . Is a

sheep found in Russia and Corsica and now very little in demand, and but few are imported into
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Great Britain . Many Mongolian goats with the long hairs pulled out are sold as mouflon . Value 4s. to Ios . 6d . MusK-Ox.—Size 6X3 ft . These animals have a dense coat of
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fine, long brown wool, with very long dark brown hair on the head, flanks and tail, and, in the centre, a
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peculiar pale oval marking . There is no other fur that is so thick, and it is eminently suitable for sleighing rugs, for which purpose it is highly prized in
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Canada . The musk-ox inhabits the north
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part of Greenland and part of Canada, but in very limited numbers . Value Ios. to 130s .

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