^(^6 On the Nature and Manage^ment of Short Sheep, l^t. Nor» 



Culley, ivho are able to contend with Air BlUingfiey, minutely to in- 

 veftigate and controvert the accounts of tbofe trials which have 

 proved fo injurious to their favourite breed. That fome of them 

 may do fo, and communicate their remarks to you for publica- 

 tion, is the wifli of Yours, &c. 



Pastor Junior. 

 Alay 14. 1803. 



TO THE CONDUCTOR Of THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



On the Nature and Management of the Short Sheep ; with Remarks 

 on tin difference between the?n and the Cheviot breed, 



LETTER II. 



In my laft, I took a comparative view of the Cheviot and 

 Forejl breeds of (beep •, defcTibed the nature and properties of 

 each, and adduced a few arguments, tendinor to fhew that the 

 latter alone is adapted to high and wet firuations ; and that all 

 attempts to rear the former upon expofed Highland farms, will 

 be found improper, and, in the event, attended with difappoint- 

 ment and lofs. Allow me now a few words more, in addition 

 to, and in fupport of, what I then advanced. 



Farmers in Highland dillvicls hnve learned, from experience^ 

 to lay their account with three or four months of flormy ancl 

 jnclement weather every year, and often with fuch falls of fnow 

 •as render tlie higher grounds inacceffible, and confine the whole 

 flocks to the low padures, which thereby become foul and 

 tinwholefome. No fooner, however, does a thaw take place, and 

 the brows of the hills begin to appear, than the Short or Forefk 

 flieep (like Milton's Death and Sin, that fnufPcd the change on 

 earth) fets out, regardlefs of the driving fleets that yet deform 

 the day delightkfsy afcends the higher grounds, and iuTiduoufly 

 gathers the green and juicy plants, fuch as ling, mofs, heathy 

 ^c. which have preferved tlieir verdure through the feverefeafon. 

 Thefe foon revivify the fpirits, brace the fyflem with new vigour, 

 and prepare the ewe for the fatigues of bringing forth her lamb, 

 and the flill more fearching duties of a nurfe. The Cheviot 

 Ihecp, on the contrary, whofe conllitutional indolence is increafed 

 by long confinement to the low paftures, cannot be compelled to 

 take to the higher grounds, but continues to creep about the bot- 

 toms and fkirts of the hills, where vegetation icarcely exifts, and 

 where any food, that gaa be obtained, is truly unwholefome, 



and 



