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their dogs ; here sir I want your help, here the welfare 

 of the country requires your eloquence, to prove that it 

 is ungenerous and selfish, to prefer the death of a va- 

 luable Merino, to that of an insignificant whelp or cur. 



I annex to this a picture of Montagne, with his di- 

 mensions, he is a fine animal, entirely white, I prefer 

 that colour in recollection of the story of old Jacob. 

 In fact I had formerly a black dog, and many of my 

 lambs were born black. Since I have Montagne and 

 his mother, I have very few black lambs. 



The natural instinct of this animal is to guard your 

 sheep against wolves and dogs ; no other training is 

 required but to keep them constantly with your flock, 

 the moment they are from the litter, until they are 

 grown. P. BAUDUY. 



