HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



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HEATH RAM OF THE IMPROVED BREED, 



THE Ram from which we took this drawing, in 

 July, 1798, belonged to the Bishop of Durham. It 

 obtained the premium given for the best Tup, 

 shewn for that purpose, at Blanchland, on the 

 southern border of Northumberland, in 1797. Ex- 

 clusive of the symmetry of proportions, and beauty 

 of its form, a more important object has been 

 obtained in the quality of the wool. They are also 

 as hardy as the unimproved breed, and can equally 

 endure the severity of the cold and wet to which 

 they are exposed on the bleak heaths which they 

 are doomed to inhabit. 



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