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“and are generally approved of ; and I am very desirous to 
“ procure a ram as near to the true ‘breed as possible. My 
“object is not profit; but to gratify a delight I enjoy in see- 
“ ing fine sheep: and this breed appears better calculated for 
“our climate, than any race I have met with, either in Ex- 
“rope or America. 
“ The form of the ram I have received is remarkably fine ; 
“but the ewe is too long in the legs; and does not suffici- 
‘ently bear the marks of the Tunzszan breed. I now per- 
“ceive my error in attending too much to colour; as the 
“« mottied sheep which have arrived in Carolina, are observed 
“‘ to be, invariably, superior to the white sheep ; both in form 
“and fleece. This difference I presume, arises from their 
“nearer approach to the true breed. The white resemble 
“our native sheep.” 
_ It has become, I perceive by Mr. Gibbes’s letters, a cus- 
tom, to send, coast wise, in large quantities, the wool of 
southern flocks, to Philadelphia (and perhaps to other manu- 
facturing cities and places) to be made up into cloth for their 
house servants and field slaves; similar to what are called 
the best plazns ; and it is done to their satisfaction. Let the 
Carolina gentlemen select out of the .finer parts of the best 
Tunis fleeces (as I have done) wool for their own wearing. 
I will be responsible that their coats will not be disgraced in 
a comparison with any cloth (if well manufactured, and this 
ean be done) of the best wool of this country. The Merino 
cloth I always except. 
R. P. 
Sune Tth, 1810. 
