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breed worthy of their patronage, or to combine a new cross to form a. 

 valuable animal, or to create a new kind of wool that will form a new 

 branch of manufacture. What the genius of a Bakewell accomplish- 

 ed, may we not do over again in another form? Nearly every coun- 

 try in Europe has its particular race; these again are subdivided into 

 infinite varieties, as in the United States. 1st. The Belgian, Flem- 

 ish and Flanders sheep, are nearly five feet in length, and weigh 200 

 cwt., came originally from the East Indies; are remarkable for their 

 fecundity, producing several lambs in the year; the wool is middling 

 From their great size and breeding qualities, a cross with the pure 

 Merino ram must be valuable. 2d. Central and Western Asia have 

 long been looked upon as the cradle not only of the human race, but 

 of the original stocks whence sprung most of our animals which in a 

 domestic state serve to the use of man. Several years ago the atten- 

 tion was drawn in England to a particular breed of sheep in the JVIe- 

 paul country, well worthy the attention of men who wish to improve 

 their fleecy flocks, which is the Huniahy a large, tall, breed, with slen- 

 der, compressed, spirally twisted horns, and short narrow tails, though 

 now naturalized in the Kachar, and is of Trans-Himalayan origin. 

 They have from four to five horns; its wool is superb; at Calcutta 

 this kind of sheep may be heard of, and the name of the merchants 

 who could procure them is given. They appear to resemble in some 

 respects, the Wallachian sheep, which has, I believe, been mentioned 

 by some of oar agricultural journals, but I think does not resemble in 

 the wool. 



Here is a breed of sheep, large size, superb wool, ready made ; 

 the horns are objectionable- 3d. The Suabia, also termed Zaubel- 

 schauf, found in different parts of Suabia and Franconia, it is small, 

 lambs twice a year, produces two pounds of fine wool, like floss silk. 

 Such a breed of sheep might lead to some valuable new manufacture^ 

 and the quality of wool increased perhaps without loosing its silky 

 quality. 4th. The sheep of Fezzan are a most singular race, and it 

 is strange some have not been imported. They are as large as a calf 

 of two or three months old. Instead of wool they have a kind of 

 hair, and though their flesh has not the fine flavor of our best mutton, 

 yet it is very good eating. They are remarkabl for their docility and 

 attachment to their masters. They have a large fat tail like the Cape 

 sheep, weighing eight or ten pounds. This animal crossed with the 

 largest Lincolnshire rams, clipping twenty pounds of coarse wool, 



