Re: VMs: Goat vs. sheep

[ajb <ajb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <200410112034.i9BKYrbZ027085@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jorge
Stolfi <stolfi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
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>So I would conjecture that sheep, unlike goats, are generally confined
>to regions where the environment is more appropriate for them than for
>other kinds of cattle. Perhaps hilly/rocky land, where there is plenty
>of grass but where you cant plant wheat or raise cattle?
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On the West Coast of the Highlands of Scotland, sheep have long been
kept on small off-shore islands with meagre or seemingly non-existent
fresh water. There they subsist almost entirely on sea-weeds. Possibly
the same practice is true of many other parts of the world.

TTFN

Anthony

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        "If the self is an illusion, who is being fooled?"
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