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by the name of " heath-lhcep ;" but differ in 

 no refpcdt from the coaimon fort ; except in 

 that of their being fmallcr, and in that of their 

 wool being finer. 



The charadteriftics of a Norfolk Iheep arc 

 thefe : 



The carcafe long and flender. 



The fleece fhort and fine. 



The legs long, and black, or mottled. 



The face black, or mottled. 



The horns — of the ewes and wedders, mid- 

 dle-fized, and fomevvhat firaight : refemblins: 

 thofe of the Dorfetfliire ewes, fo well known, 

 now, in different parts of the kingdom, as the 

 mothers of houfe-lamb ; — but thofe of the 

 rams arc very large, long, and fpiral, like the 

 horns of the Wihfhire ram. 



The loin of a Norfolk llieep, of the beft 

 mould, is wide, and the hind-quarters fuf- 

 ficientiy large for the general make ; but the 

 fore-quart§4:s, in general, are very deficient. 

 The fnoulders low, the back aukwardly high, 

 and the chine fliarp, and unfightly. 



This is, at lead, too generally the cafe ; I 

 have, however, feen fome of them with tole- 

 rable backs ; and I am confidently of opinion, 



that 



