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yond a doubt be obtained, without hazarding 

 any of their prefent advantages. 



The long-wooled breeds of Lincolnfhire, 

 Huntingdonfhire, and Leicefterfhire, have of 

 late been attempted to be introduced, by gentle- 

 men, in different parts of the county ; and 

 mong-rels have been reared from a mixture of 

 the two breeds : but neither the country, nor 

 the gentlemen themfelves, are likely at prefcnr, 

 to gain either advantage or credit from their 

 experiments : faving that praife which is due 

 to every experimentalifl in agriculture. 



It is far from being my intention to check 

 the laudable fpirit of experimenting ; but in 

 this, as in almoft every other cafe, I wilh that 

 it ihould be condu6led with caution : a valu- 

 able breed of flock, adapted to a given foil 

 and lituation, is ati acquifition of ages ; but 

 let their fuperior excellencies be what they 

 may, a few years are fufficient to lofe them, 

 perhaps, irretrievably. 



I am an admirer of the prefent beautiful 

 breed of Leicefterfliire flieep ; which, as to 

 form, are undoubtedly fuperior to any other 

 breed in the kingdom, and are admirably 

 adapted to the foil and fituation they are bred 



in ; 



