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MERINOS. 



those purchased of Mr. Atwood. As I bred them pure from said Atwood sheep, I will 

 here insert a certificate which I obtained of Mr. Atwood and reads as follows : 



" ' WOODBURY, Litchfield County, Conn., January 27, 1844. 



" ' This may certify that Edward Hammond and R. P. Hall, of Addison county, 

 state of Vermont, have this day purchased of me three full-blood Merino bucks, and of 

 me and others 27 full-blood Merino ewes, descendants from my flock of the Paular breed, 

 which originated from the celebrated flock imported by Col. Humphreys, of Derby, New 

 Haven county, state of Connecticut. 



" ' (Signed by Stephen Atwood.) 



" 'EDWIN HAMMOND.' 



("These certificates were published in the Country Gentlemanoi August 24, 1865; 

 the original, -given by Mr. Hammond, was carried to the Country Gentleman office by a 

 deputation of Vermont breeders, of whom the venerable S. S. Rockwell, West Cornwall, 

 was chairman.") 



PURE-BRED PAULAR MERINO RAM. 



Property of JNO. P. RAY, Hemlock Lake, N. V. 



"OTHER PAULAR BLOOD. Consul Jarvis, hitherto mentioned, sent out fro.n Spain 

 1,400 sheep of this breed. His flock, which he established at Wethersfield, Vermont, and 

 bred in separate and distinct blood lines for several years and subsequently mixed all 

 together in breeding, was originally composed of about one-half Paulars, one-quarter 

 Aquierres, and the other fourth Escurials, Negrettis and Montarcos. 



"Andrew Cocks, Flushing, Long Island, purchased 800 head of sheep from the 

 different cargoes sent in, and history and tradition sustain the fact that his purchases 

 consisted of Paulars, which he selected with great care. He bred the flock pure down to 

 1823, when it was sold to Jehiel Beedle, on account of Leonard Beedle and Hon. Charles 

 Rich, of Shoreham, Vermont. At the time of the sale to the Vermont parties, it is claimed 

 that some of the imported sheep were still in the flock, and carried the original Spanish 



