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fical inftruments. The bones calcined (like other 

 bones in general) form materials for teds for the 

 refiner. The milk is thicker than that of opws j 

 and confequently yields a greater quantity of but- 

 ter and cheefe -, and in fome places is fo rich, that , 

 it will not produce the cheefe without a mixture 

 of water to make it part from the whey. The dung 

 is a remarkably rich manure ; infomuch that the 

 folding of Iheep is become too ufeful a branch of 

 hulbandry for the farmer to neglect. To conclude, 

 whether we confider the advantages that refult 

 from this animal to individuals in particular, or 

 to thefe kingdoms in general, we may with Colu- 

 mella confider this in one fenfe, as the firft of 

 the domeftic animals. Foft majores quadrupedes 

 ovilli pecoris fecunda ratio eft ; qua prima fit fi ad 

 utilitatis magnitudinem referas. Nam id prcccipiie 

 contra frigoris violentiamprotegit^ corporibufque noftris 

 liheraliora prahet velamina ; et etiam elegantium 

 menfas jucundis et numerofis dapihus exornat *. 



The Iheep as to its nature, is a mod innocent 

 mild and fimple animal ; and confcious of its own 

 defencelefs (late, remarkably timid : if attacked 

 when attended by its lamb, it will make fome 

 fhew of defence, by (lamping with its ^tttx.^ and 

 pufhing with its head : it is a gregarious animal, 

 is fond of any jingling noife, for which reafon the 



* De re rujiica, lib, vii. r. 2, 



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