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touched, the carrots unpulled, turnips unftot Ic- 

 ed, the eddifh uneaten - 3 a convincing circum- 

 flance that no deception was ufed in their 

 feeding. 



Returning towards the houfe, ] perceived 

 whence the idle and malicious tales refpeel ing 

 Mr. Bakewell originated -, and where lay the 

 miftake of thofe who, without malice, had 

 propagated the (lories. On a fmall piece of 

 land were ten fheep, fix beads, and feveral 

 horfes, all feeding on green fodder ! This was 

 a novelty to me. 



I had not yet feen the principal objeel of 

 my journey, the great ram : of courfe I was 

 obliged to enquire particularly concerning hirru 

 Immediately my curiofuy was gratified with a 

 fight of that extraordinary creature, who 

 appeared to me to be of the Tees -Water 

 kind, with but a fmall ilrajn of the Bijhley 

 in him. 



In the fame pafture with the ram were feveral 

 of the largfrft ewes I had ever feen, and fome 

 wethers, all of the Tees-Water kind. 



In my return I faw fome fmall rams, which 

 I examined with care : one, a very fmall one, 

 I took a particular fancy to. 



I dined 



