"Danubian" Quotes from Famous Books
... Astracan and other Oriental countries there is a breed, the lambs of which furnish the well-known Astracan lambs'-skin, one of the most beautiful and valuable of furs. The Wallachian sheep, bred in Hungary, Transylvania, and the Danubian principalities, also produces a flue fur-like skin, much worn by the peasantry of Eastern Europe, in jackets ... — Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found - A Book of Zoology for Boys • Mayne Reid |