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THE NORFOLK SHEEP. 



THE Sheep of the present breed have large, spiral 

 horns,, with black faces, and black or dark-grey legs. 

 The legs are long and large boned. The wool is short 

 and fine, the fleece seldom weighing more than about 

 two pounds. The carcass is very small, long, thin, 

 and weak, with a narrow chine ; and the weight, per 

 quarter, from sixteen to twenty pounds. The mut- 

 ton is good; but, in hot weather, it does not stiffen 

 well : and it taints sooner than that of most other 

 Sheep. 



This breed, which is most prevalent in Norfolk 

 and Suffolk, like the Wiltshire, seems to have no 

 very peculiar excellence, and numerous defects. 

 They devour an immense quantity of food ; and 

 are of a disposition so restless, that it is difficult to 

 keep them in any other than the largest sheep- 

 walks, commons, or fields. 



THE HEATH SHEEP. 



THESE have large spiral horns, black faces and 

 legs, and an unusually fierce and wild looking eye. 

 Their wool is long, open, coarse, and shagged, 



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