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full-blood ewes and 1 ram (Paular) just landed from Spain. In 1812 

 the fleeces of the 5 ewes weighed 25 pounds 4 ounces; in 1813 the 5 

 fleeces weighed 29 pounds 12 ounces, and in 1814 they weighed 32 pounds 

 2 ounces, or over 25 per cent improvement in two years, one of the most 

 striking cases of the early records. 



Of the arrivals at Boston from November 1, 1810, until September, 

 1811, not much is known of note. The sheep as they came in were soon 

 disposed of and transported to various parts of New England ; and they 

 were of all kinds, Paulars, Montarcos, Negrettis, and Aguirres. 



The cargo of the Henry, landed September 22, 1810, and of the Summer, 

 of the 15th, were Paulars purchased of Col. Downie by Goold Bros. & 

 Co. ; 40 of those imported by Jonathan Allen, October 20, 1810, were 

 sold to go to Pittsfield, Mass. 



The 85 Paulars landed at New Bedford September 5, 1810, found 

 slow sale at that place. A few small lots were disposed of and the resi- 

 due sent elsewhere, 7 rams and 33 ewes being sold at auction in New 

 York, November 3. 



The 65 sheep landed at Gloucester, 27 for Fitz W. Sargent, owner of 

 the vessel on which they came, and shipped by Elias Davis from Lisbon, 

 and the 39 shipped by John Corliss to Eobert El well, were all disposed 

 of to farmers in the vicinity of Gloucester. 



Of the 310 sheep arriving at Newburyport, shipped by Jarvis and con- 

 signed to Jacob Little, 13 were sold by Mr. Little for $2,312.50, an 

 average of $177.85 each ; 4 were disposed of at lower prices, and 274 

 were delivered to the agents of Mr. Jarvis; some of them were sent to- 

 New York and sold, 22 Paular ewes and 2 Paular rams by James Seton 

 on October 17, and by P. H. Schenck, who, on October 29, oifered 1 

 Paular buck and 7 Paular and Aguirres ewes just reshipped from New- 

 buryport. But few died, an evidence that they were healthier sheep 

 than others arriving at that time, or that they had better care; perhaps 

 the latter, for with one of the vessels came a shepherd, also his dog, 

 which gave the newspapers of the day an opportunity to announce the 

 arrival of a full blooded Spanish Merino shepherd ! 



Of the 182 sheep landed at Marblehead for William Gray, a large 

 commission and shipping merchant of Boston, and the 4 for Eobert 

 Hooper, we have no record beyond the facts already presented in the 

 shipping schedule. Between September 1, 1810, and August 31, 1811, 

 but three vessels are on record as arriving at Newport, E. I., with sheep, 

 the Eliza, from Cadiz, with 29 Infantados, shipped by Eichard W. 

 Meade to Blodget & Power, and the Paulina, with 6 Infantados brought 

 from Cadiz by the captain, Benjamin Gray, and taken to his home, Little 

 Compton. We have no further record of these two importations. 



On September 7, 1810, Capt. Paul Cuffe and Isaac Cory inserted an 

 advertisement in the Newport and Providence papers offering for sale 

 at auction, on September 21, 1810, at the farm of David Buffum, in 

 Newport, E. I., "74 Merino rams and ewes, warranted of the pure 



