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that if the Norfolk breeders of fhecp would 

 pay lefs attention to their " countenances" 

 (that is, the colour of their faces) and more to 

 their carcafes, the prefent breed, viewed in a 

 general light, might be very highly improved: 

 not, however, by the introdudion of (trange 

 breeds, and unnatural croffings ; but by a 

 judicious choice of the males and females of 

 their own breed ; — which, taken all in all, even 

 at prefent, appears to be (ingularly well adapted 

 to the foil and fyftem of management prevalent 

 in this country. 



They may be bred, and will thrive, upon 

 heath and barren fheep-walks, where nine- 

 tenths of the breeds in the kingdom would 

 flarve : they fland the fold perfectly w^ell : fat 

 freely at two years old : bear the drift, remark-- 

 ably well, to Smithfield, or other diflant mar- 

 kets ; and the fuperior flavor of the Norfolk 

 mutton is univerfally acknowledged. 



Therefore, the Norfolk huibandman, in 

 their fheep, as well as in their cattle, have much. 

 to lofe : and the almoft only thing they have 

 to gain is a better chine; which, with a judi- 

 cious attention to their own breed, might be- 

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