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carcafe not very long; but the rib (lands up 

 well ( that is, high and round), fo that by lay- 

 ing your hand upon him you will perceive an 

 extraordinary breadth. He is much inclined to 

 accumulate flefh upon the back : the fat of many 

 of them upon the ribs and fides hangs in fuch 

 a manner as to caufe what is called the fore- 

 flank and the neck-vein to be larger than you 

 can grafp with your hand; fomething like a 

 bullock's flank, but very frequently fuller, ex- 

 cept it be a very fat bullock. I have {^en 

 mutton of this kind cut fix inches deep on the 

 rib. In his twift he will be fo cloven between 

 the legs as almoft to touch his camerils. In 

 fhort, the offal ( fuch as the fhanks, neck, and 

 head ) of this fort of fheep, which weighs from 

 thirty to forty pounds per quarter, will weigh 

 but few pounds ! And what renders it (till more 

 an objecl: of profit is, that it not only eats lefs 

 than any other kind, but from its propensity to 

 thrive becomes fat much fooner. 



Were thefe fheep kept poor upon thin lands, 

 on commons of a dry gravel or limeftone foil, 

 until they were four or five years old (as fome 

 of the Downs and Scotch fheep are), and then 

 made fat, I have no doubt but the mutton 



would 



