216 On Tums Sheep. 
These are circumstances perpetually fluctuating. That 
breed is most generally desirable which is best suited 
to all common circumstances; and requires no more 
care and attention, than good common farmers can, and 
will, bestow. . 
LT have never seen better home-made cloth, than the 
selected parts of the Tunis fleeces, and especially the cut 
next the pelt, will afford. Some of them will. bear three 
cuts, of about an inch and an half to two inches long, 
each. Many of the fleeces, are of this description ; and 
more are short and fine. Of worsted and fleecy hosiery, 
I have not seen any other wool produce superior fa- 
brics, for common use. For the latter, the cut next 
the pelt has been used. I have seen some fleeces appa- 
rently furry next the pelt, like beaver; but consisting 
of very fine-fibred wool. 
~The mutton, is known to be among: the finest and 
best in our market. The proportion of flesh to size 
of the animal, is, I think, remarkably great. There is 
little offal in this sheep. It is, when pure, hornless ; 
and its bones are small. It lays the fat on profitable 
points. Though it does not shew the suet on the kid- 
neys, as much as do someother sheep, yet the fat is mix- 
ed with the flesh ; which is of the most inviting colour ; 
and marbled ina striking degree. Its tail (which I have 
known, when prepared for cooking, to weigh from six 
to eight pounds) if properly dressed, is a feast for an epi- 
cure. The tail of a young beaver, which I have enjoyed 
when I dared to indulge in such food, (when free from a 
fishy or sedgy taint, to which, at certain seasons, the 
flesh of amphibious animals is subject, ) is the only rival 
I know. 
