HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



TEES-WATER OLD OR UNIMPROVED 

 BREED. 



THE largest breed of Sheep in this island is to be 

 met with on the banks of the Tees, which runs 

 through a rich and fertile country, dividing the two 

 counties of Yorkshire and Durham. This kind 

 differs from the Lincolnshire Sheep, in their wool 

 not being so long and heavy; their legs are longer, 

 but finer boned, and support a thicker, firmer car- 

 case; their flesh is likewise much fatter, and finer 

 grained. 



Our figure was taken in July, 1798, from a Ram 

 which had been purchased for the purpose of shew- 

 ing its uncouth and uncultivated appearance, in 

 contrast to those of the improved kind. 



