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tlici'^by adapt them better to the exposure they must 

 bear in their dcml savage stiite. I h.ave Ihe pleasure of 

 thinking that my tlocic improves annnally, both in 

 beauty of form and qiiulity of fleece, and ihat it has a 

 decided superiority over the imported JMeiinos. The 

 great number that have been brought irito New YVf-k, 

 has enabled me to become acquainted with all the difiVr- 

 cnt breeds of Spain, exc{;pt those of the f]scuria1, nojic 

 of which have as I bdieVe, as yet been im ported. 

 Though I have a letter from a gentleman in I/isbon, n ho 

 writes me that he, in conjunction with Lord Cochran e. 

 (his nephew) are in treaty for all that remains of th.at 

 flock, the greater part of them having been des- 

 troyed. They are to be sent to New-York, and may 

 be hourly expected, sjx of which he very polite'v pre- 

 sents to me, as he had before done six of the Guada- 

 loape flock; my six having been selected oat of 500, all 

 that arrived out of 2100 that were shipped on his and 

 Lord Cochrane's account. As I was resolved that 

 neither prejudrce nor expence should deter me from 

 giving a fair trial to those sheep, I have laid out near 

 .'5" 6000 in the purchase of the first imported stock, and 

 have accordingly added to my Hock thirty imported 

 ewcs) from Vvhich I have thirteen lambs. Tiiese are the 

 finest vvooled of the imported stock, they are longer leg- 

 gocl, and smaller, horned than the Paulers, of which I 

 liave fourteen; these are close wooled sheep, very com- 

 pact in their make, and too short for beauty. The 

 2>[e'gritti of which 1 liave two, are larger but not so fine 

 wooled. The Guadalope are longer legged and longer 

 bodjed than the Paulers (of these I have six ewes) arc 

 heavier than the Infantadoes and equal to them in the 

 fineness of their fleeces. They are upon the whole, 

 in point of form, beauty, size and fleece, the finest of the 

 imported sheep, though still far inferior to the Rambouib 

 Jots. JNIy present project is to study the advantages 

 and defects of each species, and by proper admixture 

 with my rams, to improve them all. This I can do to 

 moic advantage, for, as the demand for rams will iiot^ 



