196 AMERICAN HUSBANDRY. 



They were of about the same character with their 

 prior importations, in the main good, but mixed with 

 some grade sheep. In the same year a cargo of 

 221 arrived, on German account, Emil Bach, of 

 Leipzig, supercargo. A few were good sheep and 

 of pure blood ; but, taken as a lot, they were misera- 

 ble. The owners sunk about $3000. Next came 

 a cargo of 210 on German account. Wassmus and 

 Multer owners. The whole cost of those was about 

 $1125, in Germany. With the exccjtli.m of a small 

 number, procured to make a flourish in their adver- 

 tisements of sale, they were sheep having no pre- 

 tensions to purity of blood. In 1827, the same in- 

 dividuals brought out another cargo. These were 

 selected exclusively from grade Socks of low char- 

 acter. In the same year, the Messrs. Searle made 

 their last importation, consisting of 182 sheep. Of 

 these I know little. My friends in Germany wrote 

 me that they were like their other importations, a 

 mixture of pure and impure blooded sheep. It is 

 due, however, to the Messrs. Searle to say, that, as 

 a whole, their importations were much better than 

 any other made into Boston. 



" I will uow turn your attention to the importa- 

 tions made into other ports. In 1825, 13 Saxons, 

 arrived at Portsmouth. They were miserable crea- 

 tures. In 1826, 191 sheep arrived at New- York, per 

 brig William, on German account. A portion of 

 these were well-descended and valuable animals, 

 the rest were grade sheep. In June, the same year, 

 the brig Louisa brought out 173 on German account. 

 Not more than one third of them had the least pre- 

 tensions to purity of blood. Next we find 158 ship- 

 ped at Bremen on German account. Some were 

 diseased before they left Bremen, iv\ 1 an happy 

 to state that twenty-two died before th*i>- p rriv a l in 

 New- York. All I intend to say 01" them i-, that 'hey 

 were a most curious and motley mess of wrot^-h*"! 

 animals. The next cargo imported a. lived iu U* 



