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ture and balmy climate of the south, the sharper 

 soils and rich grasses of the upland counties, or the 

 high and alpine herbage of the north, cold in its cli- 

 mate and searching: in its storms and snows, where 

 the life of tne snepnerd is no sinecure, but where 

 the summer bite, though short, is nourishing and 

 sweet, and where the heathy mixture imparts a fla- 

 vour coveted even by the luxurious of the southern 

 metropolis. * 



In illustration of the British breeds, we have se- 

 lected two as opposite as possible, yet each of them 

 very extensively bred. We shall for this time give 

 the preference to those of the south, and first notice 



* A considerable number of hind-quarters of the best 

 Scottish mutton is at present exported from Edinburgh to 

 the London dealers, where the article fetches a high price. 



