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& for a Dishley sheep, that would not 

 weigh (living weight) more than from 

 fourteen to sixteen stone, I could not per- 

 haps buy that for three hundred pounds. 

 He then shewed me some fat weathers he 

 had got, and kept like race-horses, as to 

 fattening, with clover and timothy hay, 

 Indian corn> blades and tops, and oats, 

 some potatoes, turnips, &c. He had his 

 sheep in the greatest order, as to care, I ever 

 saw any, either in America or England. 

 They were in houses separated in a very 

 proper manner, and in the day-time had a 

 fine space to walk out to take the air. He 

 had very good stables for cattle. This was 

 at a time when General Washington, Mr. 

 Boadley, and others, had formed an agri- 

 cultural society, and gave premiums for 

 improvements. He had a gold medal given 

 him for forming his fold-yard, and the only 

 one that ever was given in America. He 

 then, in shewing me his sheep, remarked, 

 that there was one very fine sheep, which 

 was of the Irish kind, large-featured, and 



