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me that they were like their other importations, a 

 mixture of pure and impure blooded sheep. It is due, 

 however, to the Messrs. Searle to say. that as a whole, 

 their importations were much better than any other 

 made into Boston. 



" I will now turn your attention to the importations 

 made into other ports. In 1825, thirteen Saxons 

 arrived in Portsmouth. They were miserable crea- 

 tures. In 1826, one hundred and ninety-one sheep 

 arrived in New York, per brig William, on German 

 account. A portion of these were well descended and 

 valuable animals. The rest were grade sheep. In June, 

 the same year, the brig Louisa brought out one hundred 

 and seventy-three, on German account. Not more 

 than one-third of them had the least pretensions to 

 purity of blood. Next we find one hundred and fifty- 

 eight, shipped at Bremen, on German account. Some 

 were diseased before they left Bremen, and I am 

 happy to state that twenty-two died before their 

 arrival in New York. All I intend to say of them 

 is, that they were a most curious and motley mess of 

 wretched animals. The next cargo imported arrived 

 in the brig Maria Elizabeth, under my own care. 

 They were 165 in number, belonging to myself and 

 F. Gebhard, of New York. These sheep cost me $65 

 a head when landed in New York. They sold at an 

 average of $50 a head, thus sinking about $2,400 ! I 

 need not say that they were exclusively of pure blood. 

 A cargo of eighty-one arrived soon after, but I know 

 nothing of their quality. The next importation con- 

 sisted of one hundred and eighty-four, on German 

 account, per brig Warren. With a few exceptions 

 they were pure blooded and good sheep. We next 

 have an importation of two hundred by the Bremen 

 ship Louisa. They were commonly called the 'stop 

 sale sheep.' They were of the most miserable char- 

 acter, some of them being hardly half grade sheep. 

 The ship Phebe Ann brought one hundred and twenty 



