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numbered about 5,000 each, and the two latter about 20,000 each ; but they had been 

 reduced, by being unceremoniously slaughtered for the use of the armies, to about 

 7,500 Paulars, 6,000 Negrettis, 4,000 Montarcos, and 3,000 Aguirres. Four thou- 

 sand of the Paular flock were sent to the King of England, in compliance with the 

 applieation of his minister and Gen. Downie, and I purchased the remainder. Sir 

 Charles Stewart, the British minister, purchased the Negretti flock, of which I 

 selected a small part, and the remainder he sent to England. I also purchased 

 about 1,300 Aguirres, and selected about 200 Montarcos. I likewise purchased in 

 Spain 200 of the-Escnrial flock from the mayoral, which were the only Escurials ever 

 sent to this country. I shipped, in 1809 and 1810, about 3,850 to this country of the 

 forementioned flocks, being all which I purchased in Spain, and which were dis- 

 tributed as follows: About 1,500 to New York, 1,000 to Boston and Newburyport, 

 including 350 which I sent to be reserved for me; the remainder were sent to Phila- 

 delphia, Baltimore, Alexandria, Norfolk, and Richmond, and a small number to 

 Wiscasset, Portland, and Portsmouth, as I was disposed to distribute these valuable 

 animals to every State which would be likely to profit by their acquisition. Those 

 I reserved for myself were composed of about half Paulars, a quarter Aguirres, and 

 the other fourth of Escurials, Negrettis, and Montarcos, which I subsequently mixed 

 together. 



There were sent in the latter year (1810), by others, about 2,500, composed of Pau- 

 lars, had of Gen. Downie, Montarcos, Aguirres, and Guadaloupes. Part of these 

 went to New York, part to Boston. All those sheep were Leonesa Transhumantes, 

 and were of the prime flocks of Spain. 



I have been able to be thus minute in relation to the Merinos in 1809 and 1810, as 

 I was then American consul at Lisbon, which was the port from which they were all 

 shipped, it being only about 100 miles to Badajos, and the nearest seaport to that 

 place. 



In a letter to L. D. Gregory, Mr. Jarvis gives some additional partic- 

 ulars: That Gen. Downie was a Scotch officer in the British army, then 

 holding rank in the Spanish service, and that the Paulars bought of 

 him were sent to Scotland, with the exception of 200 or 300 he sold that 

 came to the United States. The number of Paulars secured by Jarvis 

 was 1,400. The Montarcos were bought by a Spaniard and a Portu- 

 guese, and about 2,700 were shipped to the United States. Jarvis 

 shipped to the United States 1,400 Paulars, 1,700 Aguirres, 200 Escu- 

 rials, 100 Negrettis, and about 200 Montarcos. Of this number about 

 100 were sent to Wiscasset and Portland, 1,100 to Boston and Newbury- 

 port, 1,500 to New York, 350 to Philadelphia, 250 to Baltimore, 100 to 

 Alexandria, and 200 to Norfolk and Eichmond. Besides those shipped 

 OF his account, Jarvis says there were about 300 Guadaloupes purchased 

 by others, and 200 or 300 of the Paular flock sold to Gen. Downie, 

 shipped to Boston; and of the Montarco flock, shipped by others, about 

 2,500 were sent to Boston, Providence, New York, Philadelphia, Balti- 

 more, and Savannah. The Guadaloupes, Paulars, and Montarcos, which 

 were shipped to Boston by others, were for the account of Gorham Par- 

 sons, Gen. Sumner, D. Ticheuor, and E. H. Derby. All these sheep 

 were shipped in the latter part of 1809, during 1810, and the early part 

 of 1811, "and were," asserts Mr. Jarvis, a the only Leonesa Transhu- 

 mantes, if we include Gen. Humphreys' and Chancellor Livingston's 

 (which I have no doubt were of the same stock), that were ever shipped 

 to the United States." 



