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finest order and good wool, from Cadiz, and equal to the Merino breed." 

 The prices realized at these sales were but a shade lower than those of 

 the 5th, above given. Of the cargo of the Factor^ consigned to W. & 

 S. Craig, these gentlemen offered at auction, October 15, 180 rams of 

 the Negretti and ewes of Paular flocks. The prices were well main- 

 tained, and the sheep were spoken of as being in good condition and 

 equal, if not superior, to any in the market. Two hundred and fifty 

 sheep were put up at auction on October 31, by Mr. Dunham, but 35 

 rams and 6 ewes only were sold; the highest priced ram was $250; the 

 lowest, $90 ; the highest priced ewe was $140 ; the lowest was $60. The 

 average price of the rams was $121 each, that of the ewes $128.65 each. 



Of the sheep brought by the Cincinnati, Hoofraan & Glass, on Novem- 

 ber 2, "offered at the seat of Geu. Depeyster, at Harlem Heights, 8 

 miles from New York, 90 real Transhumante ewes and rams from the 

 flock of Count de Moutarco, just from Lisbon. They are the property 

 of a house of first respectability in Lisbon, and who have been concerned 

 in the purchase and sale of a very great proportion of the real Merinos 

 imported into the United States from Portugal." Eighty sheep of the 

 same flock were sold at the seat of Peter Btuyvesant the next day, and 

 two days thereafter 80 Paulars, belonging to Mr. Jarvis, reshipped from 

 Newburyport, were offered for sale at Stuyvesant's place. We have no 

 record of the sales beyond the advertisements. 



On November 13 Wetmore c& Jackson sold for G. Haven 80 Paular 

 and Negrettisheep " from the flock of the Marshal Beresford, well known 

 in Europe." These were sold in front of the New Tork custom-house. 

 They were a part of the cargo of the Laura. On the 17th John Jubel 

 offered for sale 130 Negrettis and Paulars, by the Purse, from St. Sebas- 

 tians, and on the same day E. & A. Townsend offered 27 sheep, by the 

 Laura, from Lisbon; also 17 sacks of Merino wool. 



The cargo of the Concord from Gibraltar — 16 rams and 43 ewes — was 

 offered at private sale on the day of arrival. That of the Canton from 

 Lisbon, owned by different parties, was sold on different days. Wet- 

 more & Jackson offered 75 on December 5, W. R. Vigers offered 170 on 

 the 6th, and again on 15th Wetmore & Jackson offered 70, the property 

 of A. G. Thompson. On the 12th, James Seton sold 9 Infantados 

 imported in the ship Otho. 



Another arrival of Infantados was that of the Maria Theresa, October 

 19, 1810, with 200 consigned to Isaac Clason, owner of the vessel, and 

 to H. Ward, the agent of Charles Henry Hall, by whom they were 

 shipped. This was a part of the purchase from the Duke de Infantado. 



There were nine arrivals during the month of January, 1811, but only 

 three recorded sales. James Seton on the 12th offered 90 Merino ewes 

 just from Lisbon, pure Guadaloupe sheep; on the 13th offered 40 by the 

 James Wells; and again on the 16th offered 60 rams and ewes from the 

 flock of the Count del Campo. The prices realized were low and dis- 

 couraging. Seven of the nine vessels arriving this month had their 



