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derable portion of them being polled, or 

 nearly fo. Neverthelefs, by a feledion of 

 females, and by employing males of the 

 eftabliilied horned breed of Eafl; Devon- 

 ihire, there was, in 1794, fcarcely a horned 

 individual left, in the flock of five hundred : 

 and, in that iliort fpace of time, a fnnilar 

 alteration of carcafe took place. 



The two breeds above mentioned, are at 

 prefent fpreading, in all dire^Stions, over the 

 face of the Ifland ; and, in confequence, 

 pthex breeds will probably be negled;ed or 

 loft : and although, in many refped:s, thefe 

 two breeds may excel the Dorfetlhire ; yet 

 they are neither of them fuitable for the 

 Houfe- lamb farmers ^ who may hereafter 

 iind it neceifary, to give extravagant prices, 

 for the only breed which will fuit their 

 purpofe ; and which may, therefore, turn 

 .out highly profitable, to thofe who now 

 prefer ve it, in its purity. 



JBefide, the Houfe-lamb breed, diflinclly 

 from that peculiar excellency, is, as grazing 

 flock, a valuable breed of Sheep. The 

 wedders, of the bed fort, fat perfedlly well, 

 iit two years old ; and pay, perhaps, in a 

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