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-li^wspapors, in a {)!ain stil^ several little essays on the 

 isiil)j(^c£, which have liad nV the eitect I promibcd myself 

 iVoiji them iti this state, an ' the western parts of Mas- 

 fiac:;u3etts, beyond whsch they did not reach. Having 

 (as 1 believe) been the first to introduce the JMerino lull 

 bred into the United States, (mine having been sent from 

 France in the spring- of 1803, abs)ut thr -e or four monUis 

 before ti)ose of col. Humphrey's v/ere sent fr<tm Spain) I 

 feel a gi eat interest in seeing my fellow citizens avail 

 themselves of the advantages they present, and the ra- 

 ther, as they are a moiehaidy and thritty race than 

 our own, as is acknowledged by every person who sees 

 my mixed Hock of common and ISlerino slieep feeding 

 together, <ither on iliy food or on grass, li, thereiore, 

 you conceive that any thing I have commuiiicated may 

 contribute to this desirable end, you are perfectly afc 

 liberty to use it as you think proper. I am sorry that it 

 i:s not in my povver to furnish the gentleman you men- 

 tion with a full bred ewe, as my whole stock of the full 

 bred ewes at present is only twenty, and 1 have it in 

 contemplation to extend my flock to about UiOO sheep. 

 At present^ including lambs, it does not amount to four 

 hundred of the full and mixed breeds ; but 1 am now in- 

 such a train that I shall advance very rapidly.***** 

 i am, sir, with esteem, 



Your most obdt. hutnb. scrv't. 



ROBT. R. LIVINGSTON, 

 JAMES MEASE, M. D. 



Remarks by the Editor of the Arduves 

 The foregoing letter is published in the hope that the 

 wise example exhibited by the state of !New York, will 

 be followed by every state in the Union, and especially 

 by our own, the soils and climates of which, as has been 

 amply proved, are admirably calculated for raisings 

 sheep, and the improvement of wool. Ft cannot be de- 

 nied, that whatever may be the aggregate amount of 

 individ al or domestic labor, in that or other articles in 

 •ui- state, (and it is certainly gr^at) Pei.nsylvaaia is 



