EAST OP THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 



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The inaccessibility of some of tlie custoui-liouse records, tlie defective 

 3onditiou and total destruction of others, prevents a complete his- 

 tory of these shipments, but this schedule shows that various parties 

 were shipping, and that the consignments were widely distributed. It 

 will be observed that in most of the cases the loss on the passage is not 

 Ejiven, which, as a general rule, was 5 per cent. Others exceeded this, 

 for many of them loaded with sheep aflected with claveau or sheep-pox 

 lost heavily. The Brolcer lost 104 out of 194, the Factor 154 out of 356, 

 the Lydia 149 out of 279, the Pnrse 140 out of 290, the Laura the same, 

 the Otho 300 out of 480, the Sally 186 out of 200, the Gen. Golhurn 191 

 out of 300, the Ami 244 out of 304, the Fox 93 out of 128, and so on in 

 g-reater or lesser proijortion. 



The Sumner left Lisbon in the latter part of September with 200 

 sheep. Her arrival is nowhere recorded, yet that she did arrive is evi- 

 dent from the fact that her loss is not mentioned, and that a letter com- 

 ing by her, elsewhere giAen, arrived at its destination. 



The total number of vessels arriving from September 1, 1810, to Au- 

 gust 31, 1811, as shown by this statement, was 180 vessels, 168 of which 

 landed 17,693 sheep, and lost 5,924 on the passage. These are the fig- 

 ures as given, but it must be borne in mind that in some cases the total 

 number given as landed is too high, including, as it does, the number 

 lost, the report making no allowance for the latter and stating the en- 

 tire number shipped. Twelve vessels are without the number shipped. 

 Allowing that these landed the average number carried by the 168, 

 which was 105, would add 1,260 to the total landed, making an aggre- 

 gate of 18,953 sheep. Add to this number the 698 given in the preced- 

 ing totals as arriving in 1810, prior to September 1, and we have 19,651 

 Merino sheep arriving in the United States from April 1, 1810, to Au- 

 gust 31, 1811. The uumber shipped from Spain and Portugal probably 

 reached 26,000, 



Number of vessels arnving at different j^orts in the United States from Spain and Portugal 

 from September 1, 1810, to August 31, 1811, with Merino sheep, and the number of sheep. 



Port. 



North Yarmouth, Me . 



Boston 



New Bedford 



Gloucester 



Newburyport 



Marblehead 



Newport 



Providence 



Warren 



New London 



New Haven 



Sag Harbor 



Port. 



New York . . . 

 Philadelphia . 



Baltimore 



Alexandria- . . 

 Georgetown. . 



Norfolk 



Charleston . . . 



SaA^annah 



Unknown 



Total. 



Sheep. 



t8,695 



12.508 



I 1.379 



§423 



139 



1,049 



563 



2U 



200 



* Estimated. t rive cargoes estimated. {Tour cargoes estimated. § One cargo estimated. 



The one vessel arriving at North Yarmouth, Me., January 31, 1811, 

 has left no record of the uumber of sheep she landed, nor does it appeal 



