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that breed of fheep would be to offer a kt of pre- 

 miums for the beft ewes, and the beft rams of this 

 kind, to be diftributed at a place that fliould be 

 judged the mod convenient in Zetland, at the moft 

 proper feafon of the year. Thefe premiums might 

 be, for the beft ewe (or rather perhaps ewe lamb) 

 carrying the clofeft and fineft fleece, fay five guineas! 

 for the fecond-beft, four guineas; for the third, 

 fourth, and fifth, three, two, and one guinea re- 

 Ipedtively. In like manner, for the beft ram, five 

 guineas; and for the fecond, third, fourth, and fifths 

 four, three, two, and one guinea fuccefiively. It 

 being a condition, that thofe for which the pre- 

 miums are given {hall remain the property of the 

 fociety, if the owner does not rather incline to keep 

 the fheep, and forego the premium. The price of 

 flieep is fo low in thefe countries, that this fet of 

 premiums would probably bring together a great 

 concourfe of the beft of this breed, which are at pre- 

 fent widely fcattered through thofe lonely ifles, and 

 would afford an excellent opportunity of picking up 

 a great number of them at a moderate price, befides 

 thofe for which premiums were given. 



It would be proper in this, and in all other cafes 

 of the fame fort, for the judges to have along with 

 them an expert woolftapler, for the purpofe of 



enabling 



