162 THE AFRICAN BREEDS. 



We quote the following from M'Culloch's Com- 

 mercial Dictionary, 1825 : 



Number of long-woolled sheep in England and Wales 



in 1800, was .... 4,153,308 



Number of short- woolled do. . . 14,854,299 



19,007,607 



Slaughter of short-woolled sheep per an- 

 num, . . . 4,221,748 

 Carrion of do. . . 211,087 

 Slaughter of long-woolled do. 1,180,413 

 Carrion of do. . . 59,020 

 Slaughter of lambs, . . 1,400,560 

 Carrion of do. . . 70,828 



7,140,856 



Total Number of Sheep and Lambs, 26,148,463 



" In some parts of England there has been an in- 

 crease in the number of sheep since 1800, and in 

 others they have decreased. But we have been as- 

 sured by competent judges that upon the whole the 

 iiumber has not materially varied in the interim. 



" During the last half century a very decided in- 

 crease has taken place in the number of sheep in 

 Scotland, and a very great improvement in the breed, 

 particularly in the Highlands. 



" In the General Report of Scotland (Vol. iii. 

 Appen. p. 6.), the number of sheep is estimated at 

 2,850,000; and allowing for the increase that has 

 taken place since 1814, we may perhaps estimate the 

 total number of sheep in that part of the empire at 

 this moment (1835), at 3,500,000. 



