CHAP. 1. 



HERDWICK AND LONK SHEEP. 



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age as the old Cheviots. Both ewes and wethers are sold as they 

 come from the mountains, and slaughtered without heing put on any 

 better pasture. They are usually found sufficiently fat. The wethers 

 weigh about 10 to 12 Ib. per quarter; the ewes from 6 to 8 Ib. 



Fig. 105. Herdwick Ram, "Disraeli," and Ewes. 



Winners of many Prizes. 

 The property of Mr. James Spencer, Murrah Hall,.Penrith. 



THE LONK. This is another breed of mountain sheep (fig. 106) 

 possessing great merit, and is the largest of any. They are black- 

 faced, and are no doubt descended from the true black-faced breed, to 

 which they have considerable resemblance. Their home is in the fells 



Fig. 106. Two-Shear Lonk Ewes. 



The property of Mr. William Walsh, Gilstead, Biugley, Yorkshire. 



of Yorkshire and Lancashire. They were thus spoken of at the 

 Worcester Show of the Royal Agricultural Society in 1863 : " If the 

 Lonks be as hardy as they are good, they must be the most valuable 

 sheep for the hills that we have at present. Sheep which at fourteen 



