li NATURAL HISTORY. 



s' e -i whose wool is frizzled are not so healthy 

 others. Anotl er considerable advantage may be made 

 of sheep, by inclosing them on the ground we wish to 

 improve. The dung, the urine, and the heat of the 

 bodies of these animals, will, in a little time, enrich the 

 most exhausted, cold, and infertile ground. A hun- 

 dred sheep, in one summer, will enrich eight acres of 

 land for six years. 



The ancients have said, that all animals which chew 

 the cud have tallow ; but this is only true of the sheep 

 and the goat ; and that of the goat is more abundant, 

 whiter, drier, firmer, and of a better quality than any 

 other. It is for the most part about the loins that 

 this suet is amassed in the greatest quantities, and the 

 left loin has always a larger quantity than the right. 

 Sheep have no other fat about them but suet ; and 

 this matter is so predominant in their habit, that all 

 the extremities of the body are edged with it ; even 

 the blood contains a considerable quantity. 



The wool of Italy, Spain, and England, is finer 

 than that of France. 



Those animals with large, long tails, which are so 

 common in Africa and Asia, and to which travellers 

 have given the name of Barbary sheep, appear to be 

 of a different species from our sheep, as well as the 

 lamb of America. 



