SHEEP  .--Vary much in

size and in quality of wool . Many of the domestic kind in central and northern Europe and Canada are used for drivers' and peasants' coat linings, &c . In Great Britain many coats of the home-reared sheep, having wools two and a half to five inches long, are dyed various colours and used as floor rugs . Skins with very short wool are dyed black and used for military saddle-cloths . The bulk, however, is used in the wool trade . The Hungarian peasants are very fond of their natural brown sheep coats, the leather side of which is not lined, but embellished by a very close fancy embroidery, worked upon the leather itself; these garments are reversible, the fur being worn inside when the weather is cold . Chinese sheep are largely used for cheap rugs . Value of English sheep from 3s. to 10s .