3o6 on Spanijhjheep. Aug. 29. 



tions have been crowned with greater succefs thaa 

 there was any reason to expect. Wool, under the pa- 

 tronage of that society, has been already reared of so 

 fine a staple as to be made into superfine cloth of the 

 best quality ; and there is every reason to believe, 

 that wool of a much finer quality than has hitherto 

 been here produced, will be obtained by a continued 

 attention to this important oject. 



It was one of the first objects of the attention of the 

 society, to obtain some of the best breeds of fheep 

 tTiat are known on the globe ; and among these the 

 Spanifh breed was one of the chief. By the obliging 

 liberality of M. d"" Auhenton ia France, some Iheep of 

 the Spanifli breed that had been reared in France 

 were obtained. Our gracious sovereign himself, who 

 has for some years past propagated the Spanifh race 

 of Iheep in England, has, with the mx)st obliging con- 

 descension, presented the society with a Spanifh 

 ram ; and, from the liberality of Lord Sheffield, they 

 have obtained a considerable number of a mixed 

 br€ed from South Down ewes crofsed with a Spanifh 

 ram. The wool of all these fheep has evidently'not 

 grown worse since they came into the pofsefsion of 

 the society; and it is the opinion of the best judges 

 who have examined it, that it is both finer and softer 

 than before : but of this we have not yet unequivo- 

 cal proofs. 



Measures have been adopted for obtaining some of 

 the finest fheep of the Spanifh breed. And the so- 

 ciety have reason to believe, that some of the Thibet 

 breed of fheep are now on their pafsage from India. 



