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We must observe, that several of the Spanisli sliecp 

 we had previously killed, had more fat than what is here 

 stated, and we have no doubt that the other tv/o would 

 have given more, had wc put them to the proof: lie this 

 as it may, the meat was declared most excellent. This 

 experiment in addition to others, proves, beyond a doubt, 

 th'dt Spanish sheep are capable of being fattened, and 

 tnat false prejudices against the quality of their mutton,^ 

 have been industriously propagated.'* 



Having, in the foregoing quotations, given some idea 

 of the interest this breed of sheep has excited on the 

 Continent, it is now time to return to our own counti-y. 

 Some of the observations in the preceding )ia»t of this 

 Essay having been addressed to the Bath Society, the 

 chairman was pleased to express himself as follows: 

 " iMy Lord, 

 *' As Chairman oi this Anniversary Meeting, I am di- 

 rected to convey to your Lordship the most grateful 

 thanks of the Society for your valuable Essay on Sheep 

 and Wool, and for your exhibitions of stock and uten- 

 sils of husbandry ; all of which were received with sen- 

 timents of the highest approbation. I have the honor 

 to be, &c. &c. " John Billixgsley." 



JDcc. 15, 1802. 



Report of the Committee. (Copy) 



" Your Committe appointed to take Lord Somerville's 

 Memoir into consideration, hav e perused the same with 

 much satisfaction. It contains a great deal of interesting 

 information respecting the Spanish breed of sheep, and 

 the different crosses of them; and his Lordship appears 

 now to be demonstrating from his own experince, what 

 lie long ago promised to the Society, and to the public. 

 (Signed) 



John White Persons, S. Payne, 



George Toilet, Jolin R. Jirachcr, 



Richard Astley, Gab. Golney, 



David Sweet, W. C. Slopcr '' 



John R. Lucasj 



