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duced by private parties, but they did not amount to 

 much, our climate not suiting them. This was the 

 only variety that any experiment was made with at 

 that time. 



There are, however, to-day a number of flocks of 

 sheep upon the island which are superior in every 

 way to those of earlier times, and are the pride of 

 their several owners. The Cotswold and Southdowns 

 have done much to improve our existing flocks, and 

 much more might be done toward raising in some 

 degree a partial resemblance to the past. Earnest 

 and concentrated effort on the part of those interested 

 in the common and undivided lands would soon bring 

 about a better state of affairs in the matter of sheep 

 raising. These lands have for years produced noth- 

 ing; but with labor, care, and intelligence, a revenue 

 of many thousands of dollars could be obtained from 

 them. 



Sherburne. 



This name, spelled indifferently Sherborn, Sharborn, 

 Sherbourne, Sherbourn, or Sherburn, was applied to 

 the first settlement on the island of Nantucket by Sir 

 Francis Lovelace in 1673, he then being governor of 

 the province of New York, under whose jurisdiction the 

 island at the time was. Wm. C. Folger, Esq., believes 

 that the town was named " after Sherbourne in Eng- 

 land, the former home of Thomas Gardner, the father 

 of Richard and John Gardner." At any rate, the 

 name of Sherburne is to Nantucket what Manhat- 

 tan is to New York and Tremont to Boston. An 

 erroneous impression has prevailed, which has been 



