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and 9 lambs, part of the cargo of the Industry, selected by a gentleman 

 of Lisbon from the best flocks of Spain. The sale was not successfaJ, 

 but 12 being disposed of. He then offered them at private sale in lots 

 of 1 ram and 8 ewes each. 



On the same day and at the same place, Gilman & Sons offered at 

 auction a part of the cargo of the London Packet, arriving three months 

 before. The sheep were described as " a choice parcel of true and un- 

 mixed breed of Leonesa Guadaloupe." They were disposed of at low 

 prices and in small lots, mostly to farmers of the adjacent country. On 

 April 13, Thomas Chase sold 2 rams and 30 ewes, being part of the 

 cargo of the Nimrod, which aiTived from Lisbon in March. They were 

 shipped by Goold Bros. & Co., and advertised as Guadaloupes. Of 

 the cargoes arriving from Cadiz by the Madeira and Hannah, 9 rams, 80 

 ewes, and 8 lambs were sold at auction by Henry Thompson on Ajtril 

 9, 1811, who represented them as genuine Merino sheep selected by E. 

 S. Hackley. They were undoubtedly of the Infantado purchase. The 

 32 sheep arriving by the Scioto, March 10, 1811, were Montarcos. 



Nine vessels landed 318 sheep at Alexandria, the cargo of one of 

 them being unknown. The greater part of these were consigned to 

 James H. Hooe, a commission and shipping merchant. The cargo of 

 the Adeline (14 rams and 42 ewes) was sold October 8. They were from 

 Jarvis and advertised as selected by him from his true "Leonesa 

 Paulars," and were accompanied by the certificates of the Marquis of 

 Eomaua and others, who conducted the sale on the part of the Spanish 

 Junta. The next sale made by Mr. Hooe, and his largest one, was at 

 his farm, Burgundy, near Alexandria., on November 3, when he sold to 

 George Fitch, for $10,864.11, 18 rams and 83 ewes shipped by Jarvis 

 and others on the Citizen. These sheep were advertised as Paulars, 

 and were, when sold, reshipped to New York, where they arrived 

 November 13, consigned to Kelso & Crump. Two of the sheep by the 

 Citizen, shipped by and consigned to K. Sebastian, were taken to the 

 eastern shore of Maryland. The sale of November 3 was succeeded 

 one week later by one of 8 large Merinos, purchased by Capt. Luckett, 

 at Lisbon, and brought by him on his vessel, the Brazilian, early in 

 October. These were fine selected Paulars and brought good prices. 

 The next sale was on January 12, 1811, when Mr. Hooe offered 6 rams 

 and 14 ewes, being the cargo of the Diana, which arrived December 4, 

 1810. They were advertised as of the Paular, Negretti, and Escurial 

 breeds, just received from Mr. Jaryis at Lisbon. Seventeen were sold 

 for $1,250, and later the other 3, 1 ram and 2 ewes, were sold for $300. 



The Ziriah, with 60 sheep purchased by Edward Grant, of Goold 

 Bros. & Co., arrived early in January, 1811, and on the 7th of the 

 month John G. Ladd advertised 1 ram and 2 ewes of the cargo, and on 

 January 26 Lawrenson & Fowle inserted an advertisement in the 

 Alexandria Gazette that on February 9 2 rams and 30 ewes, selected 

 by a gentleman at Lisbon from a flock of 800 Transhumamtes, would 



