* * Horned Sheep, 



THE DORSETSHIRE SHEEP 



Are, for the most part, horned ; and the horns 

 are round and small. These animals are tall and 

 light in the body, and have white faces and legs, 

 and short wool. Their head is rather long than 

 otherwise. The shoulders are broad at the top, and 

 lower than the hind quarters. The loins are broad. 

 The back is tolerably strait, and the carcass deep. 

 The weight of the fleece is generally about three 

 pounds and a half, and its value from sixteen to 

 eighteen pence per pound: the staple does not 

 usually exceed the length of two inches. 



For various qualifications, these Sheep have been 

 considered amongst the most valuable which the 

 British islands produce. The Ewes are very pro- 

 lific ; are remarkable for yeaning early, and, not 

 unfrequently, twice in the season. It is from this 

 circumstance, that in the London markets, the first, 

 and the highest priced house-lamb, is the produce 

 of this breed. But it is a property of these Sheep, 

 which renders them peculiarly advantageous, that 

 they may be caused to lamb at any season of the 

 year. After the Lambs are produced, they are 

 confined in little dark cabins, and never see the 



light, 



