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can touch it in this particular. It is as a lamb that he is 

 seen at perfection, whereas, with all respect to a recent result, 

 Cotswold lambs cannot compare with them in this respect. 



LlNCOLNS AND WEST-COUNTRY LoNGWOOLS. 



The West- Country Long wools appear to have been based 

 upon the original Devon Long-woolled sheep, improved by 

 Leicester and Lincoln crosses. We were not able to see any 

 particular distinction between this breed and Lincolns, except 

 the artificial red colour, which did not add to their attractions. 

 They are a useful breed of sheep, and well adapted for the 

 West of England, and possibly for other localities also. 



DARTMOOR AND EXMOOR SHEEP. 



These two breeds are very distinct from each other. In 

 the Dartmoor we have a large long-woolled, or, at least, 

 heavy-fleeced sheep, rivalling in size the large, long-woolled 

 races such as Cotswolds, Lincolns, or Romney Marsh. It is 

 hornless and white-faced. The Exmoor is horned in both 

 sexes, white-faced, covered well with dense wool of rather 

 long staple, and massed together after the style of the 

 Leicester. 



It is much smaller than the Dartmoor sheep, and has more 

 of the character of a mountaineer. 



THE SOMERSET AND DORSET HORNS 



constitute another very distinct breed, by no means resem- 

 bling the last two. The white face, pink nose, horns and 

 short wool, as well as the lighter form, closely mark out the 

 Dorset horn as a definite race. 



COTSWOLDS AND LEICESTERS. 



These two races are easily distinguished. The Cotswold 

 fleece is usually seen in bold, open curls, contrasting with the 



