 -4993- . crofsing different breeds of fheep. 10% 
horses, which is only attempted by the natives for 
catching them alive, especially the young ones, is at~ 
tended with difficulty and danger ; and must not be 
attempted without due precautions. 
EFFECT OF CROSSING DIFFERENT BREEDS OF SHEEP. 
SIR, To the Editor of the Bee. 
T sewn you enclosed a sample of wool, which I 
have just now clipped from a ewe fheep, which was 
one year old last April, bred of ajewe I bought of Mr 
John M‘Donanald of Burrodale near Fort William, and 
got by a tup of the Leicesterfhire breed. The ewe was 
a little narrow bécked creature with horns,—her face 
and legs black, not above eight pounds a quarter 
when fat, and cost me only 7s. Her fleece which did 
not weigh above two pounds, was mostly hair of 2 
brown or grey colour, not worth above 4d. a pound. 
She had two of these lambs at a birth, and as fhe could 
not make them fat, I kept them to try what improve- 
ment the crofs with a Leicesterfhire tup would make; 
‘and indeed it has exceeded my most sanguine. ex- 
pectation.,. As to their wool you can judge of it by 
the sample; and their form I think very good. They 
havea streight flatback,—are without horns,——mottled 
faces and legs, and seem very hardy and much in- 
clined to feed. They being almost fit for the butch- 
er now, although they have had but poor keeping. 
When thoroughly fat, they will weigh fifteen oc 
sixteen pounds a quarter. 
If you think, Mr Editor, the above information 
will be of any service, either to the members of the 
