210 MEMOIR OF DAUBENtON.- 



He begun his experiments on this subject' in 1766, 

 and continued them till his death. Farotired from the 

 first by Trudaine, he received encouragement from all 

 the ministers who succeeded that enlightened and pa- 

 triotic individual, and he responded to it in a manner 

 worthy of himself. 



To show, in the clearest manner, the advantage of 

 always keeping sheep in parks ; to demonstrate the per- 

 nicious consequences of the* practice of closing up sheep 

 in houses' during the winter; to'try various 'means of 

 improving' tne race 1 ; to find means of determining, with 

 precision, the degree of fineness in the" wool; to become 

 acquainted with the 'true mechanism of rumination, and 

 to deduce from thdiice useful conclusions respecting the 

 constitution of wool-bearing animals, aiid the modes of 

 feeding and managing them ; to spread the produce of 

 his stock throughout the provinces; to distribute his' 

 rams among all the proprietors of flocks; ta weave 

 cloths with these wools, in order to show their 'superio- 

 rity ; to rear intelligent shepherds to propagate the 

 practice of his method; to draw up instructions level 

 to the capacity of all classes of agriculturists. Such 

 is a rapid summary of Daubeltton's labours on this im- 

 portant subject. 



Almost at every public sitting of the Academy he 

 gave an account of his researches, and often obtained 

 more applause from the gratitude of his assistants, than 

 his associates received for the most difficult discoveries 

 but whose utility was less obvious. 



