shillings per pound, and that only in small 

 quantities, from two to ten pounds each 

 person : they will not take the belly or tail 

 wool, consequently there is a deal of cast 

 wool, which is of little or no use ; of the 

 coarsest wool in England listing is made. 



It is not at all uncommon there to see the 

 sheep with only the best parts of the \vool 

 off, while the head, belly, and tail, remain 

 undipped ; perhaps because it is worth 

 little or nothing. Sheep will not thrive 

 without salt once or twice a week, about a 

 handful to ten sheep at each time ; and so 

 fond are they of it, that, if you go into the 

 pasture, they will follow you for salt, as a 

 horse would for corn. I do not know what 

 effect salt would have on the sheep in Eng- 

 land ; but I doubt not of its being of use if 

 they would eat it, and the expence did nof 

 over-run the profit. The heat of the sun in 

 summer has such an effect on them as to 

 occasion a discharge at the nose, and they 

 make so great a noise when they draw their 

 breath, that you may hear them at a consider- 



