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SHEEP INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES 



Cochrane (his nephew) are in treaty for all that remains of that flock, the greater 

 part of them having been destroyed. They are to be sent to New York, and may be 

 hourly expected. 



Escurial Merinos imported into the United States in April, May, June, and July, 1810, 

 shipped by William Jarvis at Lisbon. 



The last of these shipments, that of 43 on the Herschell, was made 

 before, as far as known, Mr. Jarvis had made any more purchases than 

 that of the Escurials. Mr. Chapman states that some of the first ship- 

 ments of Mr. Jarvis were to Messrs. 0. Coolidge & Co., of Boston, and 

 were part of a lot of 65 that were purchased in Spain on joint account 

 of Mr. Jarvis, Nicholas Gilman, esq., of Portsmouth, N. H., Messrs. 

 Coolidge & Co., and Mr. Charles O'Neil, of Lisbon. Mr. O'Neil subse- 

 quently disposed of his interest to Mr. Jarvis. It is not known what 

 sheep these were, for Mr. Jarvis in his correspondence makes no men- 

 tion of them. It is barely possible, though not probable, that a part of 

 them were on the Herschell consigned to Mr. Gilman and shipped from 

 Lisbon on June 10. The only grounds on which this probability is 

 admitted is the fact that the Herschell left for Portland on the day the 

 Three Brothers left for Boston. She had on board 13 sheep, but when 

 some days out was obliged to put back to Lisbon and had lost 10 of 

 them. She was then reloaded or rather took on more sheep, 40 of which 

 arrived, consigned to Mr. Gilman. 



Four days after this shipment of June 10, Mr. Jarvis made a pur- 

 chase of 100 sheep of a cabana he nowhere mentions, nor does he make 

 any reference to the purchase. The following certificates explain the 

 transaction, and the name of the cabafia, the Viadillo: 



[Royal arms seal.] 



In the reign of Our Lord, Don Ferdinand VII 1807. 



I, Saturio Rnbio Saur, chief herdsman of the flocks of his excellency the Marquis 

 of Viadillo, do hereby certify that Don Juan Pablo Saur has purchased 200 sheep of 

 said flocks, produced from the best Merino flocks in Spain. 



In testimony of which, I have passed the present certificate at the town of Albu- 

 querque, this 1st May, 1810. 



SATURIO RUBIO SAUR. 



I, the undersigned, one of His Majesty's Don Ferdinand VII, hereby certify that 

 the flocks of his excellency the Marquis of Viadillo are esteemed of the best Merino 



