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#iough the ftmdlure of the hills is fomewhat different, con- 

 fiding of a fand, a gravel, and a blue and white chalky clay. 



The Norfolk and Cambridgefhire fheep, with a crofs of 

 the Weft Country and Hertford are generally preferred ; and 

 as a great diverfity of opinion prevails, refpedling the fupe- 

 riority of the Norfolk and Southdown, it has led to the 

 following experiment by a very accurate and well informed 

 gentleman at Finchingfield. At Horringer fair, in Suffolk, 

 in September 1791, a lot of ewe lambs was bought in at 

 fix pound ten fhillings per fcore. At Lewes fair, SuiTok, in 

 the 0£tober following, a lot of Southdown ewe lamby 

 was bought in at thirteen pound per fcore. Thefe fheep 

 were depaftured together, and in every refpe<5l received the 

 fame treatment until the 25th of September, 1793; ^ fingle 

 flieep, which was adjudged to be the level of each lot, was 

 then taken out, and after both had failed twenty-fix hours, 

 weie weighed alive, the Southdown weighing ninety-fix 

 (^ pounds, and the Norfold ninety-five pounds ; they were 



then flain and the' folio wing refulted from the experiment. 



Southdown. Norfolk. 



lbs. lbs. 



52I carcafe -.- — -■--- 53! 

 8| fkin _-.___-_ y and horns 

 1 1 legs cut off at the ufual knee joints i| 

 4| call _-__-.-__ 3 

 4 blood _______^ 



7I head and pluck ----- 7f 



2| gut fat - - - - - - - 2| 



I2| entrails and their contents — — 14 

 2 loft by killing fuppofed to be urine i| 



lbs. 96 lbs. 95 



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