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Wool of both parents, and of the progeny, which 

 have been compared together, by the members 

 of the Committee and others; and in no inftance 

 has it ever been obferved, that the wool of the 

 progeny, where the breed was pure, was conrfer 

 than the average of the parents. Of the effefts 

 of crofling, and otlier peculiarities affefting the 

 wool in particular cafes, 1 have not time to fpeak ; 

 I fliall only obferve, that, in general, the Spanifli 

 flieep that have come to Scotland have not been 

 found to thrive, being liable to many difeafes, 

 efpecially the foot-rot. You are aware that bad 

 health affefls the quality of the wool, in a very re- 

 markable degree, in fome cafes. 



xd/y. The King has certainly got flieep from 

 Spain, as has the Society for Brithh wool. But 

 do the gentlemen of the committee believe that 

 Mr. Bakew^ell, or any other eminent breeder, 

 would have thous;ht he could have obtained the 

 very beft kinds of Britifli hearts, by getting the 

 Duchefs of * * * * *, or any other Duchefs of 

 Duke in the kingdom, to order her or his fteward 

 to buy the beft, and fend them to him? Such are 

 not the fteps required to make improvements of 

 this kind. Do we not all know, that every per- 

 fon of high rank is liable to be impofed upon by 

 their fervants and dependants in almoft every 

 thing? And what would have been the confe- 

 quence, if the fteward had wiflied to fruftrate the 



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