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hundred were sent to Wiscasset and Portland, one thousand 

 one hundred to Boston and Newburyport, one thousand five 

 hundred to New York, three hundred and fifty to Philadel- 

 phia, two hundred and fifty to Baltimore, one hundred to 

 Alexandria, and two hundred to Norfolk and Richmond. 

 Besides those which I shipped to the United States on my 

 own account, there were about three hundred Gaudaloupes 

 purchased by others, and two to three hundred of the Paular 

 flock sold by Gen. Downie, shipped to Boston ; and of the 

 Montarco flock, shipped by others, about two thousand five 

 hundred were sent to Boston, Providence, New York, Phila- 

 delphia, Baltimore, and Savannah. The Gaudaloupes, Pau- 

 lars, and Montarcos, which were shipped to Boston by others, 

 were for the account of Gorham Parsons, Esq., Gen. Sum- 

 ner, D. Tichenor, and E. H. Derby, Esq. All these sheep 

 were shipped in the latter part of 1809, during 1810, and the 

 early part of 1811, and were the only Leonesa Transhumantes, 

 if we include Gen. Humphreys' and Chancellor Livingston's, 

 (which I have no doubt were of the same stock) that were 

 ever shipped to the United States. Badajos is but little over 

 one hundred miles from Lisbon, and all the sheep purchased 

 there and in that vicinity, were shipped from Lisbon. I was 

 then Consul there, and from my office was actually acquaint- 

 ed with all the shipments, as certificates of property from 

 me always accompanied them. 



"I shall now, in compliance with your wishes, give you a 

 description of the sheep of the different flocks sent to this 

 country. The Paulars were undoubtedly one of the hand- 

 somest flocks in Spain. They were of middling height, 

 round-bodied, well spread, straight on the back, the neck of 

 the bucks rising in a moderate curve from the withers to the 

 setting on of the head, their head handsome, with aquiline 

 curve of the nose, with short, fine, glossy hair on the face, 

 and generally hair on the legs, the skin pretty smooth, that 

 is, not rolling up or doubling about the neck and body, as in 

 some other flocks, the crimp in the wool was not so short 

 as in many other flocks, the wool was somewhat longer, but 

 it was close and compact, and was soft and silky to the 

 touch, and the surface was not so much covered with gum. 

 This flock was originally owned by the Carthusian friars of 

 Paular, who were the best agriculturists in Spain, and was 

 sold by that order to the Prince of Peace when he came 

 into power. The Negretti flock were the tallest Merinos in 



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