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with the civilising Leicester. The modern Exmoor is much 

 less than the Dartmoor, and is horned in both sexes, white-faced 

 and covered with wool of the same character as that of the 

 Leicester sheep. The close affinity with the Dorset men- 

 tioned by Youatt is no longer apparent, although activity and 

 hardihood are still retained, together with a superior quality 

 of mutton. 



WELSH SHEEP. 



Mr. W. Little, of Aberamon, near Aberdare, says of Welsh 

 sheep : " Most of the writers on British sheep dispose of 

 those of Wales in a single sentence or thereabouts, as scarcely 

 worthy of notice." This is scarcely fair, as Youatt devotes 

 twelve closely-written pages to the sheep of Wales, taking 

 each county seriatim. He, in fact, bestows more attention 

 upon this subject than any other old writer. 



As might be expected, the sheep of the Principality are 

 divided into those adapted for the mountains and those more 

 suitable for the valleys. It is on the high and picturesque 

 parts of both North and South Wales that the native races 

 are still found. The richer and lower lands are stocked with 

 Cotswold, Shropshire, Oxford Down, Leicester, or with cross- 

 bred sheep, in which all these breeds have been used. 



GLAMORGANSHIRE SHEEP 



It is impossible to give more than a general sketch of the 

 sheep of South Wales. As a representative county we take 

 Glamorganshire, bounded on the south by the Bristol 

 Channel, and on the east, north and west by the counties 

 of Monmouth, Brecknock and Caermarthen. Mr. Little, in 

 writing upon the sheep of this district, informs us that the 

 mountain land of Glamorganshire, though not rising to a 

 great elevation, is bare, bleak and unsheltered. Its average 

 value may be put down at 33. to 35. 6d. per acre per annum, 

 whilst the enclosed patches around the homesteads may be 

 ralued at 73. 6d. to IDS. per annum. The sheep are small, 



