LORD SOMERVILLE’S FACTS AND OBSERVATIONS, &c.° 
nymberwhich natural produce would suctice 
to.support.’ 
“In large towns, however, workhouses, 
_ &¢c. have been established and pocr’s 
rates assessed.* 
*We have already said that the notes 
constitute a valuable portion of this vo- 
lume. ‘Ihe first givesa summary account . 
of the civil and ecclesiastical jurisdiction 
and ‘duties. ‘The second is a very inte- 
resting ‘one’ explanatory of the various 
Scottish tenures of property. ‘The fourth 
_ €oNtains some general observations on 
what Mr. Findlater calls the generic cha- 
racter of the former—gives a history of 
the origin and explains the nature of dif- 
ferent. sorts of leases—and discusses the: 
question concerning the best size of 
- farms. ‘In another note we have a general 
- defence of usury, and the last is a very 
useful attempt to bring into disrepute 
the idle and ignorant prejudices which 
were fostered by Lord Kenyon, against 
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x. lv. 
Facts and (ele a relative 
By Joun Lord 
THAT the various qualities of our 
native wools might be much impro- 
_ ved nobody, we suppose, will. be \in- 
clined to doubt; indeed, in proportion 
i. as agricultural (pursuits have not been 
i mp ae unworthy the attention of some 
"of the most.enlightened men in the 
BY ae so a due attention has been paid 
to,every minutia of practice capable, of 
improvement; and much praise is. due 
to those who ‘have, in many instances, 
made expensive experiments, and laid 
their results before the public, Amongst 
_ others, the nobleauthor before usisentitled 
k toa large share of commendation for the 
_ spirit with which he has entered into 
‘ these pursuits. The conclusions he draws 
_ fromthe experiments that he has made 
- with the Merino breed are as follows: 
That they will bear our climate very 
well, if they are cotted, in the severest 
Fe "weather ; that they have an aptitude to 
‘ fatten; and that they will produce wool 
equal to the growth ef Spain, and ina 
‘auch superior quantity. per: sheep. than 
“any of our native breeds. . It also ap- 
"pears, that a cross with thagont Down: 
or Ryeland produces «a very valuable 
. stock, retaining all the good qualities of 
the respective breeds, with the addition’ 
ge a supcrior quantity and quality of 
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monopoly, forestalling, .and regrating. 
Mr. Findlater, however, has not display- 
ed all the force which is inherent in his 
argument: the cases which he has stated 
are to the point, but he might have va- 
ried and increased them. 
Two appendixes close this volume, 
o. I. gives an account of Whim, the 
seat of Sir James Montgomery, and con- 
tains some observations upon the culture 
of flow-moss and of ploughable-moss, from 
information communicated by that gen- 
tleman. No. IJ. contains an essay on 
the diseases of sheep, drawn up from 
communications furnished by Dr. Gilles- 
pie, physician in Edinburgh; together 
with hints by Dr. Coventry; pr ofessor of 
agriculture in the. university. © With 
notes», suggested from obser vations | in 
Tweeddaie, &es 
In the course of this work we found 
a great many words which are scarcely 
intelligible on this side the Tweed. 
to Sheep, Wool, Ploughs, and Oxen, Se. 
SoMERVILLE. 
wool. ‘These are, important-considera- 
tions, and asfaras we are able to judge, 
the experiments detailed by his Lord. 
ship, which seem to have been as fairly 
made as is usual on these occasions, will 
confirm what is advanced in favour of 
this breed. At the same time we must-re- 
mark, that these trials having been made 
in Devonshire, they will not hold good 
for the ‘more northerly districts of ,the 
kingdom ;- and we have seen so much 
of the Quixottism of sheep-breeding, 
that we trust, till-it has been fairly tried 
all over the kingdom, breeders will not 
be mad enough to give up many highly 
valuable breeds for the sake of this which 
is so strenuously, recommended. , 
We much wish a littl more. at- 
tention to method had been paid in 
the relation’ of the experiments, and: 
that the author had confined himself 
solely to’ what Ke -has been. eye-wit- 
ness of, rather than have added so much 
on what has been effected in: other 
parts of I-xurope.. As a fair specimen 
of the style and reasoning of the noble 
author, we give the following quota- 
tion. 
“ Land of the vale of Taunton might save 
supported coarse-woolled sheep i in size, had 
‘they been pushed in first year’s grass, or bu- 
* On the subject of poor laws, we wish to refer our readers to the observations of Mr. 
ae in his quarto edition of the ‘° Essay 
Ann. Rev. Vou. IL. 
on Population.” Rey. F 
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