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been bred and kept with them ; I tli'mk they have stoo<1 

 the climate of this country better." 



'• To the Balk Agricultural Society, Nov. 9, 1801." 



\V"e ought, perhaps, to apologize for these details, 

 which many may think prolix ; but it must not be for- 

 gotten, that subjects of this nature are liable, beyond 

 any others to misconstruction ; sometimes to selfish and 

 wilful misrepresentation. 



It was unfortunately and falsely conjectured, that at- 

 tempts were made to prejudice the minds of the people 

 against the long wooled breed ; on the contrary, by a 

 caution against their adoption in soils and climates ulti- 

 mately unpropitious to these breeds, essential service 

 was done them. By attempting to prove too much, we 

 are apt to prove nothing. Any man then, who studies 

 wool bearing animals, must with regret hear the advo. 

 Gates for certain distinguished long-wooled breeds as- 

 sert, th.at they will do well on Snovvdon, and prove on 

 Plinlimmon ; and yet such language has not unfrequently 

 been held. 



The dignity and utility of this subject, has been ac- 

 knowleded in all ages, and in every corner of the civili- 

 zed world; we love it for its own sake ; and it is neces- 

 sary we should do so, to endure with patience the un- 

 worthy treatment to which it too often exposes us. We 

 shall never be induced to make it subservient to dirty, 

 political intrigue. 



[To be continued.] 



Cotton Factories. 

 i have employed no small part of the time since I have 

 been in Manchester in visiting those extensive manufac- 

 turing establishments, which are the wonder of the world 

 and the pride of England. Every facility has been af- 

 forded, by the proprietors, in the most liberal and atten- 

 tive manner, which could give me the fullest Ti(^w of 



