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itiuiit. He, with Leonard Bed(;ll, of the same town, pur- 

 chased, in 1828, of Andrew (^ock, of Fhishin*;-, Long Island, 

 a flock of Paular Merino sheep ; and the liieh sheep 

 have, undoubtedly, been bred pure since, although thej 

 have taken crosses of Jarvis and Atwood rams. 



In 1840, the downfall of Saxons being assured, an 

 account of stock showed the following results : 



The Jarvis sheep had been largely crossed wdth Saxons ; 

 a small })art i-emained in which the line families, originally 

 imported, had been mixed, the greater proportion l)eing 

 Paulars, although, for the purpose of accommodating the 

 manufacturers, and also following out the leading idea of 

 the day, Escurial rams had been chiefly used, and the sheep 

 bred "in a contrary direction from the type of the darker 

 colored and yolkier families." Tliey were, therefore, light 

 colored, rather rangy sheej), many having the thin, high 

 shoulders, Roman nose and bare fa(;e and legs of tlie Ger- 

 man, and, barring legs and face, the Silesian. "These 

 slieep," says Randall, " are now represented in pedigrees of 

 many excellent, pure bred flocks, ]mt as a distinct sheep 

 they have been mostly merged in the Paular and Atwood 

 families. 



" Tive Raulars, in 1840, were heavy, short legged, broad 

 animals, full in tlie quarters and strong boned, with thick, 

 short necks, and coarse heads. The ewes had deep, plaited 

 dewlaps, and folds of moderate size about the neck ; the 

 rams had larger ones. They were darker externally than 

 tlie Jarvis sheep, but not so nuich so as the Atwood. Tlie 

 wool was lon<irer than that of either of the other families, 

 very thick, and covered them better on the belly, legs and 



