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islands of Alaska wliere undoubtedly the nat- 

 ural character of the Black-faced sheep would 

 make it of great value. 



The writer has devoted this space to the 

 breed because of its connection with legend, 

 song and story, which have given it a place in 

 almost every man's heart, and because he 

 hopes to count loyaJ Scots among his readers. 

 He will never for_get his days spent among 

 the Lammeainoor hills, of southern Scotland, 

 where the Border Leicesters occupied the lower 

 slopes and the Black-faces climbed the heathery 

 heights and their lambs played about the feet 

 of the Twinlaw Cairns. It was a land of peace 

 and quiet, of faithfulness and almost reli- 

 gious devotion to duty. The old steward of the 

 farm had lived there in that capacity for 50 

 years. His son and grandson worked on the 

 farm. High upon the slope just below the 

 plantation of fir wood, stood a low stone cot- 

 tage, beaten with rain and wind, where lived 

 the faithful old shepherd and' his son, and just 

 above his cottage began a great mountain pas- 

 ture, enclosed by stone walls, where there were 

 bits of moors from which peat was dug, and 

 great slopes of heather, which is a smaU, line 

 and dense-growing bush on which sheep can 

 subsist. Would that we could implant upon 

 our own soil some such spirit as pervaded this 

 place, the quiet and peace, the simple living 

 and high, manly thinking, the honesty and de 

 votion to duty! 



There are other breeds represented in the 

 United States. The Tunis has its adherents 



