18'25.] 



NEW ENGLAND FAllMEU. 



A blundering l«horer c.relu ly <^""»>"*'f; ""^, 

 .ifrnv flock <n lh« fold, one ol my dogs from a 

 S ' n.'h h.tch bv .n imported Idood h"""*'-- 

 Je 1 V perlectW quiet, until d,.lo,l«;ed by an old 

 ewe, allUngh h,s .ire w«. .o lerocou. toward, 

 all animals, a. to m..ke .t necessary thai be 

 sho Id be kmed. In other .n^tanc.e. he .hows 

 the «ava<re temper of the blood honnd-eveu 

 loivards the man by whom he i« ted. 



am aware, tha't in Kn^land, .logs are not novv 

 „„ch used upon enclosed •-"^-"I'l--; ^q"';' 



" , , ■•,„„( li^ino- sol hnvp been able to fdipjihord our flock «vi|hnnt 



liable to fall down the l-^'^'Ij'^^^ ', ""l^ X^"' " a»s,s.anre of one o,' two bovs, and then n^t 

 su.e-Cooted as those -"'^^^[^^''^^^^^^^^J „, ,(, half the ease or so well J am, Iberelo.V, 

 In some parts ol ^I^'"- "Insh"''':, h" « i;''^".-'^ .. of oninu.n. that, on a la.<re fawn, where 



lar.'e .loir, larger than eilbei of those betore de 

 srrn.e.l, somewhat like a sort which is ter.ne.l 

 the ho.ise-d.ig: some of those .logs ar.> p.issess- 

 ed of wonderful .sngacily. The shepher. wb.. 

 superintended my Hock at Skegnest, an.l bad 

 the care of upwar.ls of 4000 sheep during the 

 summer, in above 40 pastures, had one of thl« 



clearly of opinion, that, on a large fawn, wliere 

 the pastures are spaciou-, a good d.'g is at lea»t 

 equal to one man. 



The pr.ilit arising to the shepher.l fmin llicse 

 dogs is also great. The dog is generally .born 

 at the tinie of sheep shearing, and of the hair a 

 hat 13 commonly made; and the breed is now so 



ether the flocks regularly visu every ,..,=,,,..._, , ^ 



JOHN HAHE mWEL. "■-'TJ'-;"' H.n.i„„U,„, . «r, .~- f---. ';,,t^r"C";,?,.^,,',ioXu 



from an itching on the back ^^i;^^^' .^^ ,7 , Lf those of Upper Canada, subscribe to .lie pe- 

 mg to roll, to rub the l'^'^'' . J^_ '^""J f "'^^e- riodical Journals printe.l in the a.ljacent .^men- 

 overcast. It somelimes occaMon. aim.si '"""« .prrih.rv the circulation of which jouniaU 

 diate death; an.l where there are many ^.■•"- [^"J"^ 7^ J,' [.'le parts of Upper Can- 

 and ravens. Uiey will l-k .he^s c. « ^^^ H ^^i;^-^- lU^^ ,„„ ,,!ee an., thi.acil.ty of 

 out: but I have known a sheep lie ovei .... j ^.^^'j^j.^,j^^ 



forty-eight hours, without injury. _ .. • j The new periodical publications established 



isan Hn...hers.r,k.,g.n«.anceo^^^^^^^ ,^^^ . _.,,, . p^j. 



the sheep-dog. .\ man ha.l about sixty heep , newspaper. Halilax, Nova Scotia; 



bringing through Doncaster he "'Iking be o e , ^^'"'"["P; M,ramich.. Ne»« Brunswick; 



JoisATHAN Roberts, Esq. . , . . 



President of the Pennsylvania Wgrt- i 

 cuhiir'al Society. S 



Extract from Parkinson on Live Slock. 

 The sheep-dog is so essentially necessary and 

 (iseful to the shepherd and the drover, that it 

 merits a place in this treatise. Var.ous kin.l- 

 of d..<rs are made n-e of tor shepherding, a- al- 

 most anv dog may he taught to serve this use- 

 ful purpose; but there is one particular bree.l 

 which seems naturally the best adapted, viz. a 

 rough sort, with very I'^ng soft hair, and distin- 

 enished bv being without tails. Th?ir c\.lour is 

 hlick or blue, w;lh a « bite ring round Ih? neck, 

 a haM face, and the belly and feet white. These 

 does although thev appear similar, as to color 

 and make, vary in'slze, and seem the one to suit 



r:^:^i;:;:r:;h:;^.dr-^^ 



..inging through D"---- ^;;;^"^ ^: I:^ T;::"^e;ci;; 'V.^m^chi, Ne,^ Brunswick; 

 them and ihey regularly f">'°^>"^''; "•. ^^^. ' .^he " Bibliotheque Canadienne," Montreal ;- 

 .H.«, the people thought he man delt " 'n;«i-'; ; : i," ., E/.cvclopedique,- Quebec ; The 



of the lar<rest size stands as high as a sheej 



thus, when his teeth are broken in a proper 



manner, he can take a sheep by the ear, and, 



fr.'m his weight and strengih, hold it wilhoni 



inpirv • this the smaller 'ized dog could not_ do; 



but he seems nimbler, po-se^sed of a more hery 



spirit, and not so liable to tire ; however, in 



f.)ldin<r pasture sheej., he appears to he too bnsy 



nod to chase the sheep more than is necessary : 



the former, therefore, is most proper lor the 



shepherd. , . , , 



The county of Dorset lays claim lo this breed 



of dogs ; and they are certainly to he lound more 



generally in that county than in any oiher; but 



The •' Abeille Encvclopedique,'' Quebec ; The 

 ad a dog, which ";-^^--f.,:"^;V;;j ■ icanad.an Freeman," York, U. C. 

 l.eh.nd ; the dog was not " 7"^. ;''fl.,:" "J", of these pnblicat.on.s .six are in the French 

 l,y the side ot the walls, along ''« "j i;"^;^ ' lan-uacre, two of them in a Magazine shape; 

 men, among the people ; and as <he >.beep pro^ an ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ _^^^ ^^.^^^.^^ 



reeded slowly, he crept into the pa .ages and ^ , Review, and another a Magazine, 



entries, and was not seen to notice either sheep .s •;.J;;'^^;;;>.;^;;'," , ,,,eH with perioilfcal in- 



or shepherd. 1 conblmenlion many s.m^^^^^ .elligence an.l reading, by the abovemen.ioneJ 



cumstances, showing the greaUM.olthe^e.lo„,, ,^,j^^,,i^^ •, ^^,^„^ ^^e milbon ot souls, ol 



when well broke and P^*^!'^';^ .";;:";;;;'\„ .^^ Lhich more than one half habitually use the 



Some men have an utter objection to me Imo-u-.ye 



shepherdV dog ; my father had. He contended French language. ^^^ 



,h^t those .h>-s chased the sheep nni.eces^arily , jg .^,„„j; _,t j, „„,pH in fhePitlsf.eM Sun, 

 about, and heated them, thereby causing horn B'-^'-J A ^^^^^ eight laborirs, with 



,„ take the scai.^ Fr..m '";--""'";'' "X, ' -« »"<— <"— -^' " ''-r "f horses, made on 

 the same prej.idice ; but when 1 was in li elan.l, , J J ■ ^^ . _^ _^ , _^ „i,„;„„„h 90.7.^8 bricks. 





small sheep dog, lung in the body, and short m 

 the le.', with strong hair upon him ; some ot 

 this breed are re.l, some are black, generally 

 hai ino- white about the neck and face : ihey are 

 • lobeTound in Westmoreland and Cumberland. 

 These dogs are so wondeil'ully sagacious, that 

 it is well authenticated they know the brands of 

 the sheep, and will select their master's sheep 

 from '.thers, on part? of the mountains inarres- 

 sihle to man. For thi." service, they are better 

 formed than the breed btfoie mentioned; as a 

 large dog, on those rocky mountains, would be 



in<r wilder, Ihey hecame pertectly submissive to 

 the dogs: unless the dogs were there, they 

 would not come near the fold ; but the instant 

 the dogs appeared, they regularly walked in 

 with a?l the composure imaginable. VVe had 

 1500 sheep .hiring the summer, and one «bep- 

 herd, attended hvthe large dog, manage,^ th. m 

 with seemingly iiitle to do : in the time ol I ar- 

 vest he worked the greatest part of the day ; 



the 8th iiiSI. at Lm sborough, 20,75b hricke. 



While economy is the o^^er of the day, it 

 mav not be am^ss lo point out an item of which 

 il IS helieved a general ignorance prevails. It 

 is well known to philosophers that when water 

 commences to lioil in the open air no additional 

 fire can make it any hotter. A contrary opin- 

 ion prevails, and those empb^ved in cooking 

 victuals, in order to accelerfite the operation, 

 think that they cannot make the fire loo inlense. 

 The fuel added lor this purpose is in fact, not 

 only a wanton w a-lr, but by causing a violent 

 ebulition, it forces from the victuals, with the 

 steam its finest Qaroui. How much fuel in (am- 



■st he worked the greatest part ot the ^^ay - • - ^ ^^^ . ^^^^-^^^ „^ ^^^e 



and while .n.ning the turnip t.dd, the •»-? "^^j ! ';;, 3\han lo keep the water that is use.1 

 the sheep back,so thai the shepherd «:•"•'' '^.t. "«■•«" ^^ '^ ] ^„j ■^ ,, certain the 



the hurdles alone.-Now this maa would «"''J^'^;\;^V wouldbe the heller fo. it. 



