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horns alone, but also much more bone in the skulls of such animals to support their horns, for which the butcher pays nothing; and, besides this, there is an additional quantity of ligament and muscle in the neck, which is of a small value—The skull ofa

ram with its horns, weighed five times more

than another skull which was hornless. Both these skulls were taken from sheep of the same age, each being four years old. This great difference in weight depended chiefly on the horns; for the lower jaws were nearly equal, one weighing seven ounces, and the other six ounces and three quarters; which proves that the natural size of the head was nearly the same in both, independently of the horns and the thickness of bone which supports them.—In a horned animal, the skull is extremely thick. Ina hornless animal, it is much thinner, especially in that part where the horns usually grow. e ‘To those who have not reflected on the subject, it may appear of little consequence whether sheep and cattle have horns; but, on a yery moderate calculation, it would be