340 THE SHEEP OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



years. In the absence of statistics it is difficult to give a 

 reliable estimate of sucb increase, but inquiries amongst those 

 most competent to form an opinion lead to the belief that the 

 increased production in weight of mutton and wool exceeds that 

 at the end of the past century by at least 50 per cent. 



To those who desire to see the Hampshire or West Country 

 Down sheep in perfection it may be interesting to attend the 

 Overton and Weyhill fairs, in Hampshire, and the Britford and 

 Wilton fairs, in Wiltshire, where the best specimens of these 

 varieties of sheep may be met with. 



