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 'The sheep are very good to eat . They are large and fat , with prodigious tails , not longer than that of our breed , but at least half a foot broad , and so fat that it looks round . It hangs behind and beats against the creatures' sides as they walk .'  | 
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 Girolamo Dandini Missione Apostolica al Patriarca e Maroniti del Monte Libano (1596)  | 
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