140 Siate of His Majesty^ s Flock 



of the sartoriivs they were six milUmctres. The contrac- 

 tions of the straight muscle were very strong, and they were 

 nine milhmetres ni the two portions ot" the straight sartorius, 

 which was attached to the respective points. Fifty-nine 

 minutes had elapsed after decapitation, and the experiments 

 were continued on the same parts ; and it was not till an 

 hour and twenlv-three minutes that they were abandoned. 

 I shall not give any detail respecting them, because they 

 were made in the same manner as the preceding. The re- 

 sults, however, were as follow : — The aorta first ceased to 

 exhibit contractions which were excited by means of the 

 tAvo stimuli before mentioned ; the other parts ceased their 

 movements in this order : the intestines, then the left cavi- 

 ties of the heart ; the right ventricle and the right auricle 

 the last : after the right auricle, the insulated portion of the 

 sartorius muscle, while the muscles in their places still ex- 

 hibited very strong contractions. It was then thought use- 

 less to continue the experiments, since it was proved that 

 the voluntary muscles were the last to lose their movement. 



XXI. ^ Report of the State of His Majesty's Flock of Fine - 

 tvoQlled Spcuiish Sheep during the Years 1800 and IBOl ; 

 with SQVie Account of the Progress that has bee?), made 

 towards the Introduction of that valued le Breed into those 

 Parts of the United Kingdom where fae Clothing JVools 

 are grown with Advantage. 



vJn the gih of June 1800, when his majesty's Spanish 

 flock was shorn, it consisted of ioo ewes and wetherS;, 

 which produced as follows : 



Wool washed on the sheeps' back - 398 lb. 

 Loss in scouring - - - 104 



Amoimt of scoured wool - - 294 



Which produced, when sorted. 



Prime 234lb. at 5s. per lb. "j 



Choice 34, at 3s. V 65l . 1 1 s. 



Fribbs 26, at Is. 6d. J 



Kight rams and nine ewes were this year disposed of, 

 which were all that could be spared fvon) the flock. Two 

 of the rams v.^ent into Dorsetshire, where the breed is much 

 approved by some skillul judges of sheep, and seems likely 

 to produce consldei-able advantage by crossing with the 

 common sheep of the country. 



■Mr. 



