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In fize, or In the finenc/s or the quantity of the wool 

 proportioned to the fize of the fteep (for fmall fheep may be 

 very valuable if their fleeces fliould be fine) to import if 

 poffible a pair of them, or a ram at leaft, particularly if you 

 fhould be able to obtain the fheep of Spain or Barbary, which 

 are amongft the moft valuable, even though they fhould not 

 appear to you fuperior to thofe of this country. Sheep from 

 China would alfo be defirable, as would thofe of the fine wool 

 kind from India, Angora, and other parts of Afia. There is 

 alfo a fpecles of fine white long haired goat In Africa, the 

 fkin of which is ufed for muffs ; it would be defirable to 

 procure a pair of thefe if it could be conveniently done. 



Sixth. South-America affbrds a fpecles of fiieep, (the 

 Vigone or Peruvian flieep) which if introduced and found to 

 fuit the climate, would be an invaluable treafure. From the 

 fame country, the Gulph of Mexico, and the Bay of Honduras, 

 Cayenne, &c. may be brought the Pecari, which is a fmall 

 and fmgular fpecles of wild hog : This may, on experiment, 

 be found worth while to domeftlcate here, if a pair of them 

 could be conveniently procured. 



Seventh. If any land or water fowl, not known In this 

 country-, fhould be domefticated in the country you vlfit, you 

 will procure a few of them; amongft which may be remembered 

 the IIoco of the Bra?;Ils and Cayenne. It is nearly of the ft^e - 



