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and it is well known the great pains Sir John 

 Sinclair has taken, (and I hope will take,) to find 

 out, b J proper crofsing, the best and most profitable 

 kinds of fhort-wooUed fheep. That his endeavours 

 may succeed, is the sincere wilh of every liberal 

 minded man. 



I took notice, a few weeks ago, of an account in 

 the Newcastle and Kelso newspapers, of a large 

 ftieep, two years old, being killed at Haddington ia 

 November last, bred and fed by Mr Sherif of Cap- 

 tainhead in East Lothian, whose four quarters weigh- 

 ed an hundred and ninety-three pounds, and tallow 

 thirty-two pounds ten ounces ; that clipped in May 

 last, had twelve pounds of wool, which was sold at 

 one fhilling and threepence per pound, and had upon 

 him, when killed, ten pounds, being only five months 

 growth, which was likev/ise valued at one ftiilling 

 and threepence ^fr pound ; the account farther says, 

 Mr Sherif has, for some years, been at much pains 

 and expence, to improve his breed of fheep, and he is 

 now supposed, by several judges, to have, for both 

 wool and carcase, the completest breed of fheep in the 

 south of Scotland. 



As to wool, I believe few people will doubt of his 

 having, not only the completest bretd in ttie south of 

 Scotland, but in the island of Great Britain in point of 

 value />fr fleece: As to carcase, I fliall reserve giving 

 my opinion till I have an answer to the follov/iig 

 questions from Mr Sherif, or whoever publiftied the 

 above account. 



I. What was the fheep fed with from the time of his 

 being weaned from the ewe, but more particularly 



