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under its opprefliop, and be fhewn to have defcrved 

 a„ fairer treatment. Grazing ought ever to be the 

 leading objed in the farming of mere Gentlemen; 

 and to them, that of Iheep will be the moft amu- 

 finjg, and the lead hazardous. The verieft farmeJ-j^p^ 

 to a full flock muft have, and extremely confide in, 

 for every profit, a regular fhepherdj the Gentleman 

 needs do no morej and with a little additional al- 

 lowance will, in this traffick, and this alone, (land 

 on as fafe footing for his amufement, as his tenant 

 does foir his fupport, againft wafte, idlenefs, and 

 imDofitlon. For the arable neceflary for the fup- 

 ply of artificial feed during winter and fpring, need 

 be only in fuch very moderate quantity, as to re- ' 

 qui^e little labour and expence; the mod extenfive 

 lawn is thus turfed by the clofe bite, and thickened 

 by^tl>e manure of the flock; the fineft wool, for 

 that fhould certainly be a principal objedl, is gra- 

 cluaily obtained; and the breed, found by expe- 

 rience moft fuitable to it, maintained on a foil 

 kept by that very means in a conftant ftate of im- 

 provement, Exclufive of the private advantage of 

 thus cultivating a demefne in the moft profitable 

 mode, and the rational entertainment refulting from 

 experiment on an animal whofe varieties are fo 

 great, as to receive from change of climate and 

 food a perceptible diftin(5lion of form and qualities; 

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