HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



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TEES-WATER IMPROVED BREED. 



BY persevering in the same laudable plan of im- 

 provement so successfully begun by the late Mr. 

 Bakewell, the stock-farmers or graziers of Tees- 

 water have produced a kind which is looked upon 

 by judges as nearly approaching to perfection. 

 Many of their Sheep possess the thriving or fatten- 

 ing quality of the Dishley breed, and are fit for the 

 butcher at as early an age. 



These Sheep weigh from twenty-five to forty-five 

 pounds per quarter ; some have been fed to fifty 

 pounds; and one in particular was killed, which 

 weighed sixty-two pounds ten ounces per quarter, 

 avoirdupoise ; a circumstance never before heard of 

 in this island. The Ewes of this breed generally 

 bring forth two Lambs each season: sometimes 

 three, four, and even five. As an instance of 



