a 
The refult of this experiment was not fo favour- 
able to the Leicefter breed as at itscommencement 
I thought it would be. 
They were fent in high condition, and had from 
their appearance been exceedingly well kept. The 
change of food and climate appeared to affect them 
more than the other forts, and though they were fed 
with hay of prime quality, and turnips perfectly 
found and fweet, they invariably loft weight the 
firft four months; nor did they in the fubfequent 
fummer months exhibit any great progreffive im- 
provement, as the ftatement plainly fhews: one of 
them, indeed, appeared by his coat to be unhealthy, 
and this was confirmed at his death by an apparent 
defect in the lungs; and confequently fome allow- 
ance muft be made for this circumftance. 
We were alfo told by the great breeders of the. 
North, who attended at the fociety’s annual meet- 
ing, when they were flaughtered, that Mr. Moore 
had not done juftice to his county, for that the 
fheep he fent were the worft of the kind they ever 
faw. If this be the cafe, Mr. Moore is furely to 
be blamed; for as he is one of the Tup Society, he 
could not be at a lofs for a good fort, even ona 
fuppofition that he had none of his own. 
The Glocefter or Cotfwold fort (the fheep im- 
mediately in competition with the Leicefter) were 
the property of Mr. Peacy of Northleach. They 
appeared to me to be the offspring of a crofs with 
the 
