—) 
ae 
+) were then offered at modérate: prices. a 
sO unknow n, or overlooked, th i 
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been (taking mankind as we find them) more effectually 
accomplished, by demanding large sums for even the few 
I could have sold, or hired out as tups, at high prices. 
$0 th s view of the subject were want- 
t ; F 
qe 
ing, the daily nile ces Ol purchases, at prices novel and 
astonishing in this country, made of another highly valu- 
able race of sheep, would afford them.* The zeal now 
prevalent for the breeding this, or any _ other, estimable 
addition to our stock of domestic animals, did not ex- 
ist at the time the Tunis sheep made their first ap- 
pearance. i am shin, & gratified by present peg 
sid 
ye 
ware 
ay 
Aj ° > . ae | n E 
* A pair of JMerinos have been recently sold at $ 3000. I 
never knew a pair of Tunisians sell for more than § 100 ; and 
most commonly for half the sum. Whatever may, in 4 
be proves by the Hudibrastic calculation,— | 
- 
** What is wort, in any thing, 
ae But so much MONEY, as “twill bring 2” 
few farmers could sustain a loss to the amount of prices now 
demanded for full blooded Merinos. A dog, ina few mi- 
nutes ; and disease, in a few days, would ruin, or materially 
injure, a farmer of ‘common ¢ ‘circumstances. Whether these 
prices be high, or low, I pass no fi by Yet bounds should | 
be set, to desires for profit. ia is must be left to regulate 
itself. The Merinos have had “able > and fortunate patrons ; 
but their character abroad has mail aly promoted. their credit 
here ; while the Tunisians, with no assistance from fo- 
reign reputation, and even contending Feet pr peg 
as well as insensibility » thei ; 
vanced themselves. ‘Whe a aie 
fered for sale, at first, nea i 
de nine ie 
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