^6o Remonjirance oj^ the NewcajV.c Coalheaverj. Kov; 



fatnefs ; nnd the interftices, between the ribs and the flcfhy parts, 

 begin to be- tolerably well clothed. The wool alfo turns fofter ; 

 and the bk^at, lofing its hoarfe, unequal tone, alTames one more 

 continued and uniform. 



The fpainlng feafon commences from the 15th to the loth 

 July. By this time, lambs have acquired as much (Irength, ex- 

 perience and ingenuity, as to fearch for, choofe, and eat what is 

 proper and nutritive •, and the menftruuai of the ftomach has be- 

 com-:^ fulhcicntly ilrong to digeli and tranfmute, for the nourilh- 

 ment of the body, all the varieties of grafs, herbs, &c. that are 

 lodged therein. It is not to be v/ondered at, if the inquietude 

 ^nd perturbation of fpirit, occafioned by their being taken from 

 their mothers ; the (late of alarm and terror they feel themfelves 

 in, on beiiVg deprived of their guardians and protectors, and the 

 painful and arbitrary dlftinclions of mark, bull, &c. impofed upon 

 them, ihould, for a few days, take their atrention in a great 

 ineafure from their food, and confequently interrupt their pro- 

 grefTive advance : But when once thefe tender emotions are ef-^ 

 faced, and they begin to feel the necefhty of exerting themfelves 

 for food, then they recommence thriving, which continues, 

 (difeafe apart), till fnows, bitter-biting froft, and pinching 

 hunger, in the following winter, reduce them to a flate of weak- 

 r.efs and imbecility, fometimes fo gre:it indeed, that life itfelf is 

 in danger. I am, yours, ^cc. 



A. S. L. 



TO THE CONDUCTOR OF THE I-MRMER's MAGAZINE, 



Remoiif.rauce cf the NeiucaJlU Cqalhcavcrs. 

 Sir, 



It was only the other day, that I accidentally took up 4 

 Number of the Farmer's Magazine, in which I met with a dlf- 

 quifition upon flieep-farming by Epicurus. Of the general merit 

 of the paper, a man of my profefTion mull be an incompecent 

 judge J but there is a pafiage in it, which particularly attracted 



my 



The other kind, is provincially called Ch^icers ; perhaps, from their 

 chacing and ftriying to copulate with the ev.-es in ruttiDg time. As ihcy 

 t]i:di no femen, their efforts to impregnate the females, is ineffectual. 

 They carry two ftoncs in their back, where the Rigland has but one. 

 Their horns, bend not like thofe of the true males, and they grow wider 

 and thinner at the root. Their face, has alfo a more eficmipatc IqqI^., 

 33oth kifids are rcoiarkably hardy. 



