CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



1. DIVISIONS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, 



2. PROPERTIES or EXTERNAL FORM, 



I. THE GOAT. 



SPECIES AND VARIETIES, 



II. THE SHEEP. 



SPECIES AND VARIETIES, 



WOOL, . . . . 



BREEDS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS, viz. : 



1. The Breeds of the Zetland and Orkney Islands, 



2. The Soft-Woolled Sheep of Scotland, 



3. The Breed of the Higher Welsh Mountains, 



4. The Soft-Woolled Sheep of Wales, 



5. The Breed of the Wicklow Mountains, 



6. The Kerry Breed, .... 



7. The Forest Breeds of England, 



8. The Black-Faced Heath Breed, 



9. The Cheviot Breed, 



10. The Old Norfolk Breed, 



11. The Penistone Breed, 



12. The Old Wiltshire Breed, . 



13. The Dorset Breed, .... 



14. The Merino Breed, 



15. The Ryeland Breed, 



16. The South Down Breed, 



17. The Old Lincoln Breed, 



18. The Romney Marsh Breed, 



19. The Older Long-Woolled Breeds, . 



20. The Cotswold Breed, 



21. The New Leicester Breed, . . . 



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