eyed 
and thofe he has bred are full as large as the Leicef- 
terfhire. He is aiming to produce lambs from 
them, as early as the home breed, and is fanguine 
in his belief, that the lambs will be as delicate in 
the grain of the meat as thofe which are bred from 
the true Dorfets. He is alfo of opinion, that they 
are full as hardy, will be fupported with lefs fod- 
der, and that both the wethers and ewes of this 
breed will fat fafter than the old Dorfets. At pre- 
fent this is an experiment, the trial of which cer- 
tainly does him great credit :* though the opinion 
againft this project is in general unfavourable to its 
fuccefs.—It is fuppofed, that the lambs being fo 
much larger will not retain the ufual delicacy, and 
that it may open a new trade in other parts of 
England, to fupply the London market with early 
lamb; but on this latter point, I think, there is 
little to fear, as there are no water-meadows in fuf. 
ficient proportion in any other part of England ; 
which are fo well managed as in Dorfetfhire, and 
which are fo effentially neceffary to the produce of 
the early breed of fheep. 
Befides the fheep peculiar to Dorfetfhire, there 
is another very {mall breed in the counfy, in the 
* Will Mr. Bridge be fo obliging as to communicate to the Bath, 
and Weft of England Society, the refult of his experiments on this 
important fubject, and whatever obfervations of his may occur from 
the procefs? Epitor, 
neighbourhood 
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