215 On Tu7iis Sheep, 



These are circumstances perpetually fluctuating. That 

 breed is most generally desirable which is best suited 

 to all common circumstances ; and requires no more 

 care and attention, than good common farmers can, and 

 will, bestow. 



I have never seen better home-made cloth, than the 

 selected parts of the Tunis fleeces, and especially the cut 

 next the pelt, will afford. Some of them will bear three 

 cuts, of about an inch and an half to two inches long, 

 each. Many of the fleeces, are of this description ; and 

 more are short and fine. Of worsted and fleecy hosiery, 

 I have not seen any other wool produce superior fa- 

 brics, for common use. For the latter, the cut next 

 the pelt has been used. I have seen some fleeces appa- 

 rently y^/rry next the pelt, like beaver ; but consisting 

 of very fine-fibred wool. 



The mutton^ is known to be among the finest and 

 best in our market. The proportion of flesh to size 

 of the animal, is, I think, remarkably great. There is 

 little offal in this sheep. It is, when pure, hornless ; 

 and its bones are small. It lays the fat on profitable 

 points. Though it does not shew the suet on the kid- 

 neys, as much as do some other sheep, yet the fat is mix- 

 ed with the flesh ; which is of the most inviting colour ; 

 and marbled in a striking degree. Its tail (which I have 

 known, Vihen prepared for cooking, to weigh from six 

 to eight pounds) \i properly dressed^ is a feast for an epi- 

 cure. The tail of a young beaver, which I have enjoyed 

 when I dared to indulge in such food, (when free from a 

 fishy or sedgy taint, to which, at certain seasons, the 

 flesh of amphibious animals is subject,) is the only rival 

 I know. 



