> However, they used to have live chickens on ships before the invention of > refrigerators, so why not sheep as well?
By the 19th century ships might have chickens, goats and pigs, but not cows (who are subject to seasickness, sometimes fatally). No idea about the Armada sheep (the "black Irish are thought to have descended from Armada sailors who made it to land), but sheep did get to America somehow, and their wool spun for garments. -- Carolyn Kayta Barrows -- “The future is already here, it is just unevenly distributed.” -William Gibson -- _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
