Essay on Sheep. 171 



It will also be of use to be acquainted with 

 the several breeds of Spain, as a direction to 

 those who may endeavour to import sheep from 

 thence ; for, though every species of the Me- 

 rino is valuable, yet they differ widely from 

 each other in beauty, in form, and in fineness 

 of fleece, as may be judged from the prices in 

 Spain, where Leon and Escureal wool sells for 

 100 cents, while that of Aragon brings only 

 ^0; with several intermediate grades, which I 

 have given in a former communication to the 

 Society for Useful Arts, Those most noted are 

 the sheep of the Escureal, of Giiadaloiipe, Pau- 

 lavy of the Duke jyEiifantado, Montiirio, and 

 of the Negretti, The first, for fineness of wool, 

 is the most perfect of all the travelling flocks 

 of Spain; the second, for form, fineness and 

 abundance of the fleece; the third (Paular), 

 with similar fleeces, are longer bodied. The 

 lambs of this stock, and that of the Duke 

 D'Enfantado, are commonly dropped with a 

 thick covering, which changes into very fine 

 wool. The Negretti are the largest breed in 

 Spain. It is from the last stock that England 

 has drawn he Merinoes, 



