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The wool of thofe Spanifh fheep which I have ex- 

 amined, is degenerated below the quality of the true 

 South-Down wool. 



It is my opinion that mofl of the Suflex fheep, in- 

 troduced into Hants and Wilts, are already confider- 

 ably degenerated, as to the wool, in fhortnefs, fine- 

 nefs and quantity. 



The whim of black-faced or white-faced, black 

 legs or white legs, has been continued in fome places 

 lime immemorial, and the fame as to horned or not- 

 fheep; alfo as to bare or woolly faces. But none 

 that I have met with, have given any fatisfaftory 

 reafon, either for or againfl the one or the other. 



There is a very remarkable quality in black wool, 

 which is, that moth gets into it much fooner than 

 into white ; and even if made into cloth, the nioth 

 cannot be eafily kept out of itj but if the wool be 

 dyed, that quality is deftroyed. 



If what is written meets with approbation, it may 

 be enlarged by fome obfervations on the diforders 

 and the probable means of preventing them, if not 

 curing thofe which are difeafed. Mention has been 

 often made of " improvement in the breed of fheep:" 

 to me it appears a very vague phrafe, without any de- 

 terminate meaning. If the farmer, or grazier, or but- 

 cher, gets more money by dealing in any particular 

 defcription of Iheep, they judge it an improvement, 

 whether the quantity of wool, fize of the flieep, 

 it's fatnefs, or it's tallow and pelt, be the mofl re- 

 markable. The 



