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has been in Herefordshire for centuries, but of late years has 

 dwindled in numbers before the advent of the Shropshire. 



The Somerset and Dorset Horned is another old breed, 

 preserved in a pure state, much improved in modern times, 

 and very hardy. 



The Clun Forest breed of West Shropshire and the adjacent 

 parts of Wales is a mixture of the Ryeland, Shropshire, and 

 Welsh breeds. 



3. The Cheviot is found on both sides of the hills of that 

 name, though Northumberland is said to be its original home, 

 and it was improved in the eighteenth century by crossing 

 with the Lincoln. 



The Blackfaced Mountain breed is found chiefly in Scotland, 

 but thrives on the bleak grazing lands of the north of England. 



The Herdwicks' home is the hills of Cumberland and West- 

 moreland, where they are hardy enough to fatten on the poor, 

 thin pasture. 



The Lonk is the largest mountain breed, belonging to the 

 fells of Yorkshire and Lancashire. 



The Dartmoors and Exmoors almost certainly came from 

 one stock, though the former are now the larger, and are the 

 few real survivors of the old forest or mountain breeds of 

 England. The Exmoor is horned, the Dartmoor hornless. 



The Welsh Mountain is a small, hardy, soft-woolled breed, 

 their mutton having the best flavour of any sheep, and their 

 wool making the famous Welsh flannel. 



The Limestone is little known outside the fells of West- 

 moreland. 



Pigs 



Our pigs may be roughly divided into white, black, and red ; 

 the first comprising the Large, Middle, and Small Whites, 

 formerly called Yorkshires; the second the Small Black (Suffolk 

 or Essex), the Large Black only recently recognized, but 

 apparently very ancient, and the Berkshire, which often has 

 white marks on face, legs, or tail. The red is the Tamworth, 

 one of the oldest breeds, its skin being red with dark spots. 



