FEB. 



75.- 



GEN. MAN. 



of 



BREED OF 

 SHEEP. 



75- 



FEBRUARY 12. Every foil feems to have it 

 pwn ftock. 



In Lincolnfhire the foil is rich ; the grafs long 

 and foft ; and the fheep there are large and in- 

 active : In Norfolk the foil is lefs productive ; 

 the grafs fhort and hard ; and the fheep light 

 and active. 



A fheep- walk, in this neighbourhood, flocked 

 jointly with thefe two varieties of fheep, con- 

 tains alfo a variety of foil : one part, lying 

 low, is a rich, moift foil j bearing a foft rich 

 grafs : another lies high, and is a drier lighter 

 foil ; bearing a hard benty grafs. 



The prefent ftock were principally bred in 

 this ground ; and, whether Norfolk or JLincoln- 

 fhire, were many of them perhaps dropt near 

 the fame fppt on the fame day ; neverthelefs 

 turn them milcellaneoufly into this ground and 

 they will, in a fhort time, feparate themfelves, 

 even to a fheep ; the Lincolnfhires * drawing 

 off to the Lincolnfhire foil ; and the Norfolks 

 to their own dry fandy loam : and, whilft there 

 continues a plenty of grafs in both parts, the 

 two breeds will keep themfelves as diftindt and 

 feparate as rooks and pigeons. 



* Including a mixture of the Huntingdon and Leiceller- 

 (hire breeds. 



