Horns
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = TD
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Heatley Noble, 27 September 1911
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/64
Scope and Contents
Noble thanks Ewart for his letter and admits that he had overlooked the fact that no wild sheep have four horns. He is currently trying to breed rams with both pairs of horns turned down, but is having difficulty. He hopes Ewart will visit him when next in London.
Dates:
27 September 1911
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Heatley Noble, 11 April 1912
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/20
Scope and Contents
Noble will send Ewart the skin, head and fore quarter of the four-horned sheep when it is killed, and describes some of his ewes and lambs.
Dates:
11 April 1912
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Heatley Noble, 13 April 1912
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/22
Scope and Contents
Noble confirms that the four-horned wether has been killed, and he will send Ewart the head, skin and fore quarter, although the quality of mutton is not good. Carl Hagenbeck has answered his enquiry and stated that he has never come across a breed in North Africa which could be inferred to be the ancestors of the English type.
Dates:
13 April 1912