COMMUNICATIONS, &c: 



No. XVIII. 



An Essay on the Nature, Produce, Origin, and Extension of the Merino Breed 

 of Sheep : to which is added, a History of a Cross of that Breed with Rye- 

 land Ewes ; describing their Qualities and Produce, and a successful Method 

 of managing them. By Caleb Hillier Parry, M. D. F. R. S. Member of the 

 Royal College of Physicians Cff London, and of the Medical Society of Edin~ 

 burgh ; Honorary Member of the Physical Society of Gottingen ; a Vice- 

 President of the Bath Agricultural Society; one of the Physicians of the Ge- 

 neral Hospital, and Physician to the Casualty Hospital and Puerperal Charity 

 in that City. 



" Magna et pecori gratia." Pliny. 



PREFACE. 



It is proper that I should inform those who may peruse the following pages, that 

 the greatest part of the history of the Merino breed of sheep now existing on the 

 continent of Europe, is a compilation from the following works : Bourgoing's 

 " Tableau de I'Espagne moderne;" "Fails et Observations sur les Merinos 

 " d'Espagne," by Charles Pictet of Geneva ; " Communications to the British 

 " Board of Agriculture," by M. M. Fink and Schulz ; the " Comptes rendus a la 

 " Classe des Sciences," of the National Institute at Paris, respecting the flock of 

 Rambouillet; and, more especially, " Traiie sur les Betes a-Iaine d'Espagne," 

 and " Histoire de I'lntroduction des Moulons a laine fine d'Espagne dans les 

 " divers Etats de I'Europe, et au Cap de^onne Esperance," both by Lasteyrie. 



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