15. YORKSHIRE. ?.2i 



The prelent fafhionable breed is confidef- 

 ably (mailer than the original fpecies ; but 

 thi'y are Hill confiderably larger and fuller 

 of bone than the Midland breed. 'J hey bear 

 an analogy to the fnort-horncd breed of 

 cuttle, as thofe of the Midland counties do to 

 the long-horned. They are not fo com pad", 

 nor fo complete in their form, as the Leicef- 

 terfhire ilieep ; neverthelefs the excellency 

 of their flefh and fatting quality is not doubt- 

 ed ; and their wool flill remains of a fuperior 

 ihpie. For the banks of the Tecs, or any- 

 other rich fat-land country, they may be fin- 

 gularly excellent * 



The MOREL AND breed of fhcephas always 

 been very different from that of the Vale, 

 and has not perhaps varied during a fucceffion 

 of centuries. It is peculiarly adapted to the 

 extreme blcakncfs of the climature, and the 

 extreme coar lends of the herbage. They 

 live upon the open heaths the year round. 

 Their food heath, rulhes, and a few of the 



fcoerfeft 



In thib Di.lriil the Mkilmd fljeep appear to fain a 

 jirdcrcnce. (.);ic leading Lr cilc-r lets out a conlidcrablc 

 number of r.iins t-vcr\- year ; mut has ahvaily got tha 

 pile: s t ) ten or fil'tccn gu'.n.as tor the feufoa. 



