ESSAY 



ON 



SHEEP; 



THEIR VARIETIES— ACCOUNT OF THE 

 MERINOES OF SPAIN, FRANCE, &c. 



nEFLECTIONS ON THE BEST METHOD OF TREATING THEM, 

 AND RAISING A FLOCK IN THE UNITED STATES; 



TOGETHER WITH 



MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS 



ON 



SHEEP AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES. 



BY ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON, LL. D. 



President of the Society tor the Promotion of Useful Arts, Member of the 



American Philosophical Society, President of the American Society 



of Fine Arts, Corresponding Member of the Agricultural 



Society of the Seine, Honorary Member of the 



Agricultural Society of Dutchess County. 



printed by Order of the Legislahire of tJie State of J^eiv-York. 



J\^EW-YORK: 



PRINTED 13Y T. AND J. SWORDS, 



No. 160 Pearl-Street, 



180C» 



