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'fend to the public at large, after it had been fairly Intro- 

 duced. It is neceffiiry, therefore, that fome focietj, or 

 joint body of nlen, who can ad in concert, fhould pave 

 the way for a national improvement of this fort. 



One other objedion may be mentioned before this long | 

 memoir be clofed : It is a prevailing opinion, that Iheep j 

 which carry fine wotil are always, and neceffarlly, of a ( 

 more dimlnutivo lize and delicate conftitutlon, than thoie 

 which carry coarfe wool, and afford likewife a fmaller 

 quantity of wool ; therefore it has been fuppofed that 

 the large, as well as the hardy breeds of flieep, ought 

 to be extirpated, were the improvement of Britlfli wool 

 attempted. This, however. Is a great miflake ; for 

 largenefs of fize Is by no means neceiTarlly conneded el-, 

 ther with finenefs of wool, hardinefs of conftltutlon, or 

 weight of fleece. It is indeed true, that the fine-woolled 

 Highland breed is a fmall-bodied flieep ; but the coarfe- 

 WooUed flieep in Shetland are of as fmall a fize as thofe 

 of the kindly fort, and in every refped as tender ; and 

 every body Jknows, that the South Country breed of 

 Scotch flieep, which carry very coarfe wool, and are In 

 general eflieemed very hardy, though larger than the Shet- 

 land breed. Is much fmaller, and yield lighter fleeces, In ] 

 proportion to their fize, than feveral kinds of Englifli 

 flieep which carry wool of a very fine llaple. The fine- 

 woolled Spanlfli flieep, I am allured from the befl autho- 

 tity, is a large. Well bodied hardy flieep, much larger 

 than any breed commonly reared in Scotland ; and the 

 Thibet flieep, which carry the finefl wool In the world, 

 is flill of a larger iize ; being coniidcrably larger, by the 

 accounts I hive received, then the largeil fized Englifli 

 flieep. Fine wool, therefore, maj^ undoubtedly be ob- 

 tained without dimlnifliing the fize of the carcafe of the 

 flieep In tl.e fmallefl degree, and alfo without diminifli- 

 iug the weight of the fleece, or loling ajiy other peculia- 

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