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able distance. It is by the Americans called 

 the rot, as the matter is like pus, although I 

 do not think they have a rotten sheep in the 

 country : for I have in their shambles taken 

 great notice of sheep livers, but never saw 

 such a thing as a fluke, or the least appear- 

 ance of a bad liver. 



The Americans have Spanish sheep, and 

 sheep that have been in the West-Indies : 

 these sheep resemble a goat, are of a red and 

 white colour, and have no wool on them. 

 I saw two sheep in Liverpool, that had been 

 two years in the West-Indies : they had 

 no wool on them ; but hair like a grey- 

 hound, quite smooth. 



In America, I make no doubt, from 

 the food and climate, sheep might clip very 

 fine clothing-woo), as much so as in most 

 parts of the world, were the sheep properly 

 chosen, and caution taken with the rams, 

 for the best with fine wool. The necessary 

 care taken to keep them alive during win- 

 ter, by housing them every night, and fre- 

 quently on a severe day, causes the wool to 



