CHEVIOT SHEEP. 



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** The Cheviot Hills are a part of that extensive and ele- 

 vated range which extends from Galloway through Northum- 

 berland into Cumberland and Westmoreland, occupying a 

 space of from 150 to 200 square miles. The majority of 

 them are pointed like cones ; their sides are smooth and 

 steep, and their bases are nearly in contact with each other. 

 The soil, except on the very top, is fertile ; and from the 

 base to the summit of most of them there is an unbroken 

 and rich greensward. 





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THE CHEVIOT RAM. 



" On the upper part of that hill in Northumberland, which 

 is properly termed the Cheviot, a peculiar and most valuable 

 breed of sheep is found. They have been there almost 

 from time immemorial. Tradition says that they came from 

 the border districts of Scotland ; but they are totally differ- 

 ent from the black-faced sheep, and bear no resemblance to 

 the original dun-faced Scottish sheep. How two breeds, so 

 totally different from each other, came to inhabit the neigh- 



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