succeeding him, held the sheep in proper estimation ; 
though every endeavour was made to impress it upon 
them. The lambs were sold, year after year, to the 
butchers ; at the prices, or nearly ‘So, given. “3 =. 
‘bred from common sheep. ‘It is only very lately t 
the present tenant has discovered their yalue, by th 
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demand for them ; Reh i is now much ereater than ¢ can 
be supplied. This demand is created by the experience ; 
of those who have been convinced, by their own obser- 
vation, of their superior excellence. My flock is so 
reduced, that, in a pecuniary point of view, this late 
conviction of the value of this breed, is tome of very 
little importance. My tenant is now taking some - pains 
to recover his lost time and opportunity. Iam happy 
to know, that others have been more careful to 
___ preserve this highly valuable race. I mention these, and 
hi other, circumstances, to account for these sheep not be- . 
ing very extensively known and estimated, for a length 
of time. 
My endeavours at getting the sheep into credit, were, 
for a long time, very unpromising. T had insensibility— 
» as well as prejudice to combat; nor do I believe — 
“them yet enti, overcome. ‘lhe trouble I now give to 
the society sby a long, though j just, detail of the character 
~ ee arid qualities sof these valuable sheep, is my last effort 
to remove and conquer what remains of this insensibility — 
and prejudice. Experience in the affairs of the yo ae 
a too often shews, that whatever 1 intrinsic merit a saleable _ 
we, article may possess; the price in the market is the crite- 
sion by which its value is generally estimated. Itis not 
‘unlikely that my object of spreading this breed of sheep, 
and inducing care and attention to them, would have 
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