HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 55 



their leg's are long" and small; and great numbers 

 of them have no wool upon their bellies, which 

 gives them an uncouth appearance. They produce 

 a small quantity of wool, but of a good quality; 

 from which our fine Wiltshire cloths are made. 

 The mutton of these Sheep is very sweet and well 

 flavoured. The variations of this breed are spread 

 through most of the southern counties ; but the 

 true kind is to be found only in Dorsetshire and 

 Wiltshire. There is a breed, not unlike this, in 

 Norfolk and Suffolk; but they are all grey or 

 black-faced. 



The South Down Sheep are of the same hardy 

 nature as the Cheviot breed, and like them, can 

 live and thrive on the barest heaths ; their wool is 

 also fine, and their mutton well flavoured. 



The Sheep in the low parts of Northumberland 

 are of a mixed breed, between the long" kind, the 

 Tees water, and the Lincolnshire. The Mug or 

 Muff kind was formerly common in that county. 

 They were so called, from their wool growing 

 round their heads into their very eyes, so as almost 

 to prevent them from seeing. This breed is now 

 nearly exploded, being considered by every breeder 

 of experience, as unprofitable, from their thriving 

 slowly, and being very tender. 



In the northern districts of Scotland, and in 

 many of the islands, there is a breed of Sheep, 

 which differs from the others, in the smallness of 

 their size, many of them, when fed, weighing no 

 more than six, seven, or eight pounds per quarter^ 

 They have dun faces, without horns; and their 

 wool, which is very fine, is variously mixed and 

 streaked with black, brown, and red. 



