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or the different specimens above examined it must be remarked, that all the 

 rams with numbers subjoined were of my Merino-Ryeland flock ; and so also were 

 the ewes with the numbers i and 3 prefixed. The ram Xo. 11 was full-mouthed; 

 the others shearlings, previously shorn when lambs; the ewes of uncertain age. 

 The pure Merino rams of Pictet and Chabert were also of unknown age; as were 

 all the other sheep, except the pure Merinos with the numbers 8, 26, and 27 prefixed ; 

 of which the first and last were full-mouthed, and the second, I believe, a six- 

 tooth. 



The specimens of the Rambouillet ewe and Charenton ram were given in 1802 

 to my son, Dr. Charles Parry, by Chabert, Professor of the Veterinary School of 

 Maisons at Charenton, to whom both belonged. With that of Pictet, I was favoured 

 by Mr. Poole. It was considered by its owner as superior in fineness to that of any 

 other Spanish ram which he had seen. The Morfe and Ryeland wools I many 

 years ago procured from a highly estimable relative and friend, professionally well 

 acquainted with the value of this commodity; and the South Down from Mr. Joyce 

 in 1806, from the noted flock of Mr. Ellman, For the Cape wool, as I have already 

 mentioned, I am indebted to Sir George Yonge. 



Of the native Spanish piles, I have been, during the last fourteen years, in the 

 habit of collecting the finest samples from all my friends among the neighbouring 

 manufacturers. Those of the Coronet and Negrette above examined were not of 

 the adulterated kind now imported, but the best of 8 or 9 years ago. The Alva was 

 selected for me by Sir Samuel Wathen, and the Lastiria by Mr. Sheppard of Uley, 

 both within these 3 years, as specimens of uncommon beauty. The Imperial v^'as 

 given me in the year 1 805 by Mr. Mathews, formerly Secretary of our Agricultural 

 Society, to whom it was presented by a wool merchant of Bristol, expressly as a 

 standard with which to compare mine. Of German wool I have many samples, some 

 of which were sent me by Professor Blumenbach of Gbitingen ; but none appear to 

 me finer than that which I have examined, and with which I was favoured, in 1806, 

 by Mr. Gordon Grey. 



The specimens of my rams' wool were all, except that from ram No. 11, takcr^ 

 from between the shoulder and the neck ; and, in all the examples of my fluck, from 

 the living animals, except in the two ewes, and in the ram abcve-meniioncd. The 

 three last were from an uncertain part, having been selected by me out of the fleece 

 after it was shorn. This was also the case with the three pure Merino rams, numbers 



