MOST PROFITABLE SORT OP SHEEP. 327 



J beg leave to add, that it is not my intention to make 



any for sale. 



I am, Sir, 



Your obedient Servant, 



JAMES BROAD. 



rence io the Engraving of Mr. James Broad's Machine 

 for measuring standing Timber. Plate IX, Fig. 2. 



Fig,%. aaaa Two long pieces of well-seasoned wood, Explanation of 

 joined near the middle by a pin b going through them, form- the ^ lale " 

 i«fg an axis on which they move, cc Two pieces of brass 

 screwed near their upper ends, on the sides opposite to each 

 other, and projecting over to form the measuring points. 

 d The index fastened to one of the pieces of wood at e, 

 and moving freely under a small bar at /. gg Screws with 

 nuts, placed in the middle of the long slits of the two arms, 

 to wedge them open, whereby the vibration is destroyed, 

 and the arms, though light, are rendered stiff, hhhh 

 Screws and nuts to prevent the arms from splitting. 



A certificate from Mr. J. Wilkins, carpenter, of Sandy 

 Lane, dated May 4, 1805, stated, that he had used the in- 

 strument invented by Mr. J. Broad, for measuring timber 

 standing, and that he believes it to be a correct and valua- 

 ble one. 



III. 



Report of a Committee appointed by the Bath and West of 

 England Society, to investigate the Claim of the Right ' 

 Hon. Lord Somervillc to a Premium " for the greatest 

 Number and most profitable Sort of Sheep*." 



JL OUR Committee report, that the claim is founded upon 

 facts, as under: 



About the year 1800, Lord Somerville's stock (as stated Lord Somer- 

 by him in his Memorial to the Society) consisted of forty- ™ l, «'»«*k of 

 five ewes of thelong-woolled sort. Finding these annually 



* Bath Society's Papers, vol". X, p. 71. 



degenerating, 



