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fields bounded by partitions, Cix or feven feet high 

 on the north fide, and five feet high on the other 

 fides, without any covering, or, if any, only two 

 feet wide on the north fide. 



The moft exa(^ and conftant experience, for 

 twenty years, proves, that this is the only method 

 of making them thrive well, and of having fuiQ 

 wool and better-flavoured mutton. 



Thpfe obfervations may be depended on as hav- 

 ing been made with great precifion by Monf. 

 D'AuBERTOri, one of the moft general obferver$ 

 of thefe days, a gentleman thoroughly acquainted 

 with the nature of thofe animals, and very exaft 

 in his obfervations, and that in a country farther 

 north, and certainly colder than Lufanne, and which 

 appears to be about the fame climate of Zurich 

 ^nd of great part of Switzerland^ 



This great Phyfician has proved, that (heep are 

 neither hurt by cold nor by fnow, nor rain, but that 

 too great heat hurts them more than any thing 

 dfci— an obfervation which is confirmed by the 

 care they take in Spain to drive them from the 

 plains of Andalufia to the mountains of OldCaftile, 

 before tjie fummer heat comes on. 



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