no AGRICULTURAL MUSELIJ 



prevent erroneous calculations, by those Avh© are inter- 

 ested in tlie breeding of that most valuable animal. 



It is generally known, that in consequence of a decree 

 of the Supreme Government of Spain, the estates of Dou 

 Manuel Godoy, the Prince of Peace, were confiscated, 

 and that on some of these estates were the best flocks of 

 Merino Sheep in Spain ; the two principal, that of the 

 Convent of Paular, sold by the Carthusian Friars to the 

 Prince in the year 1796, and that of Arguirrcs, raised 

 from the Imperial Flocks of Charles the Vth, were of 

 the best breed, and a large proportion of these have been 

 sold by the Supreme Junta of the Province of Estrema- 

 dura,to the British Commissary General, and to the A- 

 merican Consul, from whom purchases have beenmadq 

 for this country. ^Nearly all those purchased by the Bri. 

 tlsh Commissary General, have been sent to England^^ 

 and the whole number secured for the United States 

 does not exceed 3000, of which 1800 have already been 

 imported. Experience shews us that upon an average 

 J 5th are lost before they are on the lands of the purchas- 

 ers in this country, (including those lost on the voyage, 

 which in many instances has been 1 6th)theie will there- 

 fore remain about 2400 for the supply of the whole of 

 the United States, to which may l>e added, perhaps SOO 

 of a good breed procured from Cadiz and its vicinity. 



The recent importations are all accompanied with a 

 variety of well authenticated documents, so as to leave 

 no doubt of the breed being as represented, and it is 

 much to be feared, that such a brilliant opportunity of 

 benefiting the Woolen Manufacture of the United States 

 will not again offer. CQmm. Register. 



A new Method of assaijing Copper Ores. 



By George Fordyce, M. D. F. R. S. 



From the Transactions of the Royuil Society of 



London. 



Process. Take 100 grains of the ore, powder it finely^ 



put it into a small matrass or a glass phial, pour upon it 



