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were beafts and (heep. I was fhewn more rams> 

 and behaved with the fame cool indifference* 

 I next got amongft the breeding ewes. With 

 them were fome extraordinarily large Flanders 

 mares, of a beautiful jet black, with remarka- 

 bly long manes and tails : thefe caught my 

 eye— their appearance (truck me forcibly ; but 

 for the mares, I might have paffed over the 

 mod valuable breed of (heep in this kingdom 

 without noticing them ; fo totally were my 

 ideas taken up by the large ram I had come 

 in quefl: of. Stopping to look at the mares, 

 fome ewes attracted my notice. I requeued the 

 liberty of touching them ; which was readily 

 complied with. The ewes were immediately 

 put in a fold, that I might examine them at 

 Feiture. According to my ufual cuftofn, I be- 

 gan with the belt, and was much furprifed at 

 the perfection of the (heep ; but how (hall I 

 exprefs my aftonifhment at not being able, after 

 touching the greater!: part, to find a poor one 

 amcngft them ! I awoke as from a found deep, 

 and was afhamecl of my (tupidity. I difcover- 

 ed, in an inftant, the (beep of Mr. Eakev/ell 

 to be far fuperior to my own, which I had r 

 until that moment, thought fome of the bed 



in the kingdom. 



My 



