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Sublime Highnefs made fuch effectual ufe of 

 his feraglio. 



After all, I muft own that I do not approve 

 of any ram being put with more than fix fcore 

 of ewes: it is, in my opinion, as many as any 

 one ought to have. If he is a valuable ram, 

 he mould be allowed a teazer y fufficiently 

 fecured to prevent mifchief, and the ewes 

 fhouid be put to him in a proper place, 



SECTION XXXIX. 



Foreft Sbeepy and the Improvement that Kind 

 are capable of. 



FOREST fheep fhouid not intermix fo as 

 to crofs the breed, but be kept to their own 

 kind •, for many reafons — their wonderful agili- 

 ty in leaping from rock to rock, their activity 

 and fpeed in fearch of food, that wonderful 

 inftincl: they are endowed with by nature, in 

 lying down in fuch places as the fnow ihall not 

 drift over them: a caution fo abfolutely necef- 

 fary to fheep in mountainous parts. The 

 Difh'ey fheep are the reverfe of the foreft fort; 

 for though the Difhley with great care and 

 good food are fo very profitable, yet are they 



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