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Hogs fat in common to thirty-fcore ; 

 Mi\ Se//wood t in this neighbourhood, fatted 

 one to fifty- leven fcore, which is certainly 

 an aftonifhing weight. 



They reckon the product of a cow at 

 j I. 71. The winter food is hay, of which 

 they eat an acre and half. Ten the proper 

 number for a dairy-maid. 



The flocks of (heep rife from an hundred 

 to a thouiand : the profit 20 j. a head, 

 with folding : Some farmers I converfed 



is in his ftile, and pkafing. The atti- 

 tude of the fhepherd kneeling, with 

 the ftaff in his hand, is good •, alio that 

 of the old man in the fore-ground. 

 The little angels are executed in a 

 lively manner. But there is a dimnefs 

 of fhade over the whole piece, as if 

 unfinifhed or damaged. 



Aug. Can-ache. Head of our Saviour. Strong 

 expreffion. 



Schidone. Our Lady and her Babe. A fweet 

 little group, in a good tafte and fpirit. 



Bajfan. Chrijl laid in the Sepulchre. Very- 



capital expreflion of the exact kind ; it 

 is almoft as minute as Albert Durer, 

 efpecially that of the dead body. 



Barocci. Ckriji fhewn to the people by Pilatfc 

 Very fine. The group, attitudes, and 

 colours pleafing. 



Perugino. Chrijl appearing to Mary Magdalen, 

 Chrift's, expreffion that of a clown, and 

 hcr's no better. The drapery, land- 

 fcape, and colours, equally bad. 



Raphael. 



