11 FEBRUARY 1928, Page 17

ST. KILDA SHEEP

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] S141,—I see that, in the Spectator of January 28th, it is suggested I should say what I know about St. Kikla sheep._ St. Kilda sheep do not have four horns, and have never had four horns.

But I believe a certain number of four-horned sheep came from the Isle of North Uist, which is. about fifty miles -east of St. Kilda. It is a curious thing how hard it is to eradicate a false report, and I suppose it will be continued to be generally believed that St. Kilda sheep do have four horns.—I am,