Notice that on the face the wool is
short and close as if it had been shaven.
The legs below the knee-joint look as if
they, too, had been shaven. This peculiar
ity gives the face a sharp outline and the
legs a certain stiffness, in strong contrast
to tlie soft, round, enrvey, woolly body.
Notice also the ruff-like setting which the
edge of tlie longer wool makes for tho
face. This long wool on the head, grow
ing down between the eyes and tv the
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ears, often looks like a cap or bonnet,
especially as it also comes around the
cheeks and down under tho chin. Observe
carefully the size of the head and ears.
Note tho height of the shoulders and of
the hips from the ground, compared with
the length of the body. Note that the line
of tl.e back rises slightly over the Lip sec
tion.
The sheep is noticeably broad from side
to side, as shown in figure 2. Mark tho
form of The head in their back view, and
how the upper line of the ears continues
the outlines of tlie top of the head.
If we consider the form of the sheep as
a whole, we find the animal shaped singu
larly like a .wedge. From the pointed, thin
face it increases steadily in size to the
hcuty hind quarters. (Tigr.res 2, 3 and !.)
Figure 3 gives a three-quarter side view
from -the rear.
In figure 4 note how the leading sections
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are indicated by the changing i lants < f the
dotted line. Seo how in this jesition the
g'iieral upper line of llio body, iicck and
head slams down from the high ’nips.
