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be very soft and fine at the present : but, 

 from the wild manner in which they are 

 managed, at this time the wool is of all sorts, 

 yet soft and inclined to be fine. It is 

 customary to let the rams and ewes go 

 together the whole year; and from that 

 cause they have lambs very early, and in 

 such weather as astonished me to think how 

 they could exist. Were the rams kept 

 from the ewes until a proper time, the lambs 

 would be better supported by the ewes, and 

 loss of them when young less frequent. 

 The fodder-house is commonly the place 

 where they are put, and fed on the corn- 

 blades, as at that time there is not the least 

 appearance of grass. The time of lambing 

 being chiefly in February and March, the 

 ewes seldom produce twins : I suppose that 

 is from their poverty. 



The lamb which is called fat lamb, is 

 rarely to be seen on the shambles in Eng- 

 land ; nor would the most indigent person 

 touch such poor, lean meat, of any descrip- 

 tion. 



