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FITTING SHEEP 



time, always leaving every line parallel to each other. Sheep 

 shorn in this way have the appearance of being enveloped 

 in a fine, velvet corduroy suit, and look remarkably neat in 

 appearance. 



The illustration accompanying this chapter is admittedly 

 a poor one. It should have been taken a month earlier, or 



SHEEP SHORN THE LONG WAY. 



just after the subject was shorn; the lines now being par- 

 tially obliterated. I hope, however, that it will convey a 

 fairly clear idea of what the "long way" of shearing is, and 

 what is meant by lines in shearing. Sheep when in thin flesh 

 appear to better advantage when shorn the "long way," but 

 a flock of fat wethers, or indeed fat sheep of any kind, make 

 a most beautiful picture when shorn the round way, each one 

 having the appearance of coming out of the same mould, or 



