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VAR. 8. Shetland Sheep. 



Colour various. Wool peculiarly fine, soft, and cottony. Tai 

 remarkably short and small. The animals are so small, that, when 

 full grown, they do not exceed the weight of thirty or forty pounds, 



Horned. 



VAR. 9. Dorsetshire Sheep. 



Horns round and small. Face and legs white. Wool short and 

 fine. Animals tall and light in the body. Head somewhat long. 

 Shoulders broad at the top, and lower than the hind quarters. Loins 

 broad. Back tolerably straight ; and carcase deep. Staple about 

 two inches long. 



VAR. 10. Wiltshire Sheep. 



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Horns lying backward, almost close to the neck, and encircling 

 the ears. Face and legs white. Wool short and close, but not fine: 

 very little wool under the belly. Face long. Legs long, and large 

 boned. 



VAR. 11. Exmoor Sheep. 



Face and legs white. Wool long. Head, neck, and bones pecu- 

 liarly soft and delicate. Carcase narrow and flat sided. 



VAR. 



