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and covered on the outside with little tufts of wool; 

 the face below the eyes is bare of wool, and covered with 

 brownish gray hair, while the cheeks and forehead are 

 wooled over. The fleece of the Southdown is very dense, 

 but, being short and comparatively free from yolk, the 

 clip is light, six to eight pounds, and grades as one half and 

 three eighths. It is very evenly distributed, however, 

 except on the legs, which are covered with hair similar 

 to that on the face. 



A lack of size, a light fleece and occasionally a dark 



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FIG. 123. A Southdown ram. 



skin are the points in which a Southdown can sometimes 

 be criticized. 



271. The Shropshire. This is the most generally 



