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6i] SHE braiicltca of the arts j aiid, wfien boiled, or baked, thiey fanrish a nourishing repast.— .Lastly, their Dung (see vol. ii. p. I99) is a va- luable tnniiure : and even their sHe useful purposes, the shfeep has dc- ^rv'fcdly become -an objed of na- tional consideration : It will, there- fore, riot be uninteresting ta give a concise view of the differf'Ut bones, when reduced to ashes, con- breeds, at present existing in Bri- stitate a pr.ncip-ii ingredient in the cof.ipositions for artilioial stones, for ornamental chimney-pieces, cor- nices, tec. On account of these numeroiis t Dishley 2 Lincolnshire ( 3 Teci-Wattr ( 4 Uartmore" Natts . 5 Ex moor 6 Dorsetjhire 7 Herefordsliire 8 South- Down 9 N'ortolk Jo Heath XI HerdWick 12 CUe>riot 13 Duii^uced 14 Shetland tain, and which is selefted from Mr. CuLtBY's praftical Observa- tions on Live Stock, 3vo. 2d edit. Robinsons, 1795. Average Years wcijrht of old when fleece killed. , per lb. S a no horns white faces and legs long wool ^ It 9 5 2 homed ditto ditto 9 6 2i 2i small horns ditto fine short wool 3J 3b no iiorns ditto very fine short wool z 4i ditto grey faces anil legs bla'tk faces and legs ditto ^ . 2 large horns fine short wool 3i ditto ditto co.irse lone wool h 4* no horns spuck led faces and le^s short wool a 4^ ditto white faces J nd legs fine short wool 3 4^ ditto don faces and legs ditto 'i 4b ditto colours various fine cottony wool IJ 4* To these ditferent breeds must be added, 1 . The improved Glcm- cester, or the Cotsv/old Sheep, en- larged by the okl I-eicestftr Cross j producing fu]l-.si2cd and well-fla- voured mutton : and, 2. Tlie Staf- fordshire Cannock - heath Sheep, which resembles those of the South I>own. Brth these bfeeds are said to be susceptible of great im- provehiiut by crossing, ahd l.iivii bceti higbly recommended to ili'e attention of breeders. Reside the native kinds, or va- rieties, of this valuable animal, we cannot in this place omit to men- tiori the Spanish Shedp, which have within a few years been im- ported into Britain, with a view to improve the EngUah breeds. Nu- merous experiments wefe' conse- quently instituted, cndei' the im- mediate superrntendatide of Lord SoMERViLLE, and the Board of Agriculture j which have been at- tended with the most desirable success. Kay, that patriotic no- blemau lately performed a journeyj into Spain, with the sole design of; collct^ing a number of the tinest. Spanish sheep : and thence ini- ])orted twtlve rams. From his ac- knowledged skill in the symmetry of this valuable animal, we trust . that they will be a real acquisition to the nation,, . His Majesty, animated by the, same laudable motives, has been pliea.scd to give upwards of one hi/ndiyd rams &i(i several ewes, to different persons, who have engage, ; ed to , contludl experiments by.-l crossing ; and we understand, that oiir 'Gracious Sovereign, in 19Q1, permitted some of liis male and fe- male sheep, of the Spanish breed, to