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ihat meafured 17 inches and half, which vvas 

 finer than the bell Spanilh wool I could buy iti 

 London, and extremely foft) with tendernefs of 

 conftitution, with a tendency to fatten flowly, or 

 with any one quality that can be named, though 

 It may be accideMally connected with thefe. And 

 I have not a doubt, but when the eyes of man- 

 kind in general fhall be opened, fo as to admit of 

 their examining the fafts that fall under their 

 notice without prejudice, they will be able, in 

 time, to fele£t breeds that iliall be diflinguiflied 

 not only for one valuable peculiarity to the exclu^ 

 (ion of all others, but even to obtain that valuable 

 peculiarity conjoined with moil, if not all the 

 other peculiarities that can be defiredj that pe- 

 riod is, I fear. Hill at a great diilance. 



But if thefe remarks fliall tend in any degree 

 to call the publick attention to this fubje£l, whe- 

 ther with a defire to refute or to confirm thefe 

 remarks, it will equally anfwer the end in view, 

 which is to remove hurtful prejudices, and to dif- 

 cover the truth. He who does fo is on mv fide, 

 alike if he refutes by jufl reafoning, from well- 

 cllabliflied facts, as if he confirms thefe remarks. 



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