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‘The lesson that’ these facts inculcate, cannot, we he 
lieve, be mistaken, and will not, we hope, be over- 
focked. | | 
IV. Of Sheep. ? a rhiidt aka Sel 
Of the different races of sheep, we shall speak sly 
of two, those of Spain and England; because, in 
them, are best united the two great objects for which 
this animal is reared—wwool and food. 
~The sheep of Spain, generally known under the 
name of Merinos, are composed of two-classes, the 
travelling and the stationary. ‘The former of these, 
is again divided into two distinct races, called the 
Heonese and the Sortan ; while the latter, composed 
of a number of degenerate breeds, are denominated 
Charras. ‘The Leonese and the Sorian winter in Es- 
tramadura, and are never parked or housed, except- 
ing for fifteen days of each year, at the Esquileos, 
or shearing houses, near Segovia.’ After this opera- 
tion, their march to the mountains begins in two 
columns; the one, to old Castile and the kingdom 
of Leon; the other, to the province of Soria, and, 
sutisequently, to Navarre or the Pyrennees. The 
preference of the Leonese to the Sorian, is sufficient- 
ly established by the fact, that the wool of the for- 
mer sells for one fourth, and sometimes for one third 
more than that of the latter. But even in this pre- 
eminent race, there is a marked difference between 
the different troops composing it; those of the late 
Prince of Peace, of Nigretta, of Montaco, of Peralez, 
of Fernando Nunez and of ‘l’Infantado, are particu- 
larly distinguished by the fineness, and what, in tech- 
nical language, is called the nerve of their wool. 
The policy of Great Britain was early directed to 
