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IV. On the Pūrik Sheep of Ladakh; and some other Animals, principally of the of the Sheep and Goat kind: with general Observations on the Country of Ladakh, &c

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 September 2009

William Moorcroft
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In Calcutta, you desired that I would procure, and send to you, some Sheep of the Isle of Ormus, should it be in my power; which, however, it has not been. This circumstance impressed me with an idea of your conceiving the introduction of that animal into Great Britain, likely to prove beneficial to her agricultural and manufacturing concerns; and, by a natural inference, leads to a belief, that a communication respecting the domestic animals of a country, new to Europeans, may not be wholly without interest.

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Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland , Volume 1 , January 1827 , pp. 49 - 55
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1827

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page 49 note * A sample of the wool was communicated by Mr. MOORCROFT in the letter to Mr. Fleming, who has presented it to the Royal Asiatic Society, in whose Museum it is deposited. It is of a white colour. Secretary.

page 50 note * The salt plains of the valley in winch runs the Sinha-ká-bal, or “River, proceeding from the Lion's Mouth.” But these, partly left in natural herbage, contain swamps, abounding, in the autumn, with the Fasciola Hepatica; which, getting into the gall-ducts, kills the sheep, in winter, that have pastured upon it.

page 54 note * A specimen of this fine wool, which is of a brown colour, was transmitted by Mr. Moorcroft to Mr. Fleming, and presented by the latter to the Royal Asiatic Society, in whose Museum it is deposited. Secretary.