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tage, in buying ftieep from the poorefl 

 fpots, as they generally thrive moft when 

 they come into a richer pafture; like 

 trees, which endure tranfplanting, the 

 better for coming from a poor nurfery. 

 They likewife think, that they endure 

 folding, and penning, better than fheep 

 which are bred on a more luxuriant foil. 

 They are certainly right in thefe obferva- 

 tions. And therefore this reafon fhould 

 induce the occupiers of poor land to let 

 their artificial gralTes continue longer be- 

 fore they are broken up, that they may be 

 able to breed the more fheep : in which 

 they would alfo find their profit, and at 

 all times a ready market for them. 



With refpedl to the notion which far* 

 mers are too apt to entertain, that all 

 kinds of fheep will not endure penning ; 

 I am apt to think they labour under an 

 error. I rather believe that all lean, or 



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