Thanks for the replies.
I just couldn't think of any other animals that would produce fur. There
are several mentions of "bed furs" such as Piemur's which were soiled by the
drum apprentices.
FYI- the dolphins recognized Readis' "runner beast" as being a "horse"-
"looks horse-ish".
MaryD
"James Head" <jim.chris@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> while sheep arnt mentioned I feel sure they would have made it through
> the
> first pass better than cattle or horses their think about it they would
> br
> easer to care for in the early years in the cramped confines of
> unexspanded
> cave system of fort hold than cattle or horeses. I know most people
> beleave
> that runner beasts are horses I can't help thinking why would they start
> calling them runner beasts? could it be the horeses died out and the
> colanists were forced to breed a replacements from the domestic animals
> that
> survied ether dheep or goats my vote would go for the goats being runner
> beasts and sheep as the beasts of burden after 200 years of an intensive
> breeding program for them to produce a breed of goat the size of a horse
> and
> ditto for sheep the size of a ox
>
>
> "Taki Kogoma" <quirk@swcp.com> wrote in message
> news:cv2jn6$sua$1@iruka.swcp.com...
>> On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 05:04:17 GMT, "MaryD" <nojunkstuff1776@hotmail.com>
>> allegedly declared to alt.fan.pern...
>> >A couple of times a blanket or jacket was described as being "fur".
> Where
>> >did this "fur" come from? I don't remember any fur-bearing animals-
> "just"
>> >runner/burden/herd beasts. Pelts from sheep?
>>
>> IIRC, the DLG suggests that the "furs" are, indeed, ovine in nature.
>>
>> --
>> Capt. Gym Z. Quirk (Known to some as Taki Kogoma) quirk @
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>> Just an article detector on the Information Supercollider.
>
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