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- The Spahiih flieep not only afford i {\t\C Wool, 

 but, as they are a large, (lately, full-bodied aniaial> 

 they would, if well chofcn, be valuable on accotmt 

 of their carcafe as well as their fleece. 



Another breed of ftatcly, wdl-bodied fheep, tha^ 

 likewife carry fine wool, are to be met with in Bar- 

 bary, and would, no doubt, claim the early notice 

 of the fociety. 



It is not to be expe<5led that the Tarentine ^n^Qp 

 will now, after fo many ages of neglcdt, carry as 

 fine wool as in the time of the ancient Romans, 

 when it was fo highly celebrated : but we are aflbred 

 by modern travellers, that thefe flieep are ftill diflin- 

 guilhed above all others in thofe regions for the 

 finenefs of their fleece. It would therefore.be pro- 

 per to try to obtain a few of the befl: of this breed : 

 and though the wool that they produce in their 

 riativc country fhould perhaps be found to be 

 coarfer than fome of the finefl: of our own, this 

 ought not to bar the trial, as there can be little 

 room to doubt that it would be confiderably im- 

 proved by rearing thefe fheep in our colder climate. 

 This obfervation will alfo apply to the fheep of 

 Barbary, and all others that eome fiOna warmer 

 regions than our own. 



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