On Tunis Sheep. Quy 
The following additional account of these sheep, can - 
be verified, by myself, and others who have gained a 
— knowledge of them. 
. The Tunis sheep are better set with wool, than 
any others generally known here. The Merino may 
be an exception; but it remains for experiment, in a 
common course of keeping sheep, by farmers here. 
‘here is no part of its body uncovered. It does not 
shed its wool like common sheep: so that I have never 
seen a ragged ‘Tunis sheep, where the blood of the stock 
predomimated. If the wool of the mixed breed is de- 
ciduous ; it shews that the sheep partakes of the cross, 
more than the stock. I have known one kept unshorn 
for a year after the fleece might have been taken off ; 
and the fleece continued entire and thriving ; and the 
sheep remained in high health. But I would not r 
commend this, as an eligible practice. For very A 
fabrics, the Merino wool can be used alone ; and such 
are only within the purchase of the wealthy. It is most 
generally mixed with fine wool of other fleeces ; and it 
is in such case, worked to most profit. The Zunis wool 
is sufhcient for all common purposes; and can be ap- 
plied without mixture with other wool, to more uses 
than that of the Merino, or any other sheep generally 
known here. The average weight of fleeces is from five 
to five and a half, and I have known some flocks to 
average six pounds ; I speak of a selected flock, well fed, 
and attended to with care. From individual sheep of 
the full blood, I have shorn eight, nine, and ten pounds. 
I mean, in this estimate, washed wool; or from sheep 
washed before shearmg. I have generally (but not al- 
ways) practised this; and I have never tound any dis- 
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