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gives place to mosses and lichens, but do not 

 show that preference for mountain summits dis- 

 played by the Welsh breed. Even when exposed 

 to severe privations, the ewes contrive to rear their 

 lambs successfully. 



The old name of the breed was "colly," a 

 designation subsequently transferred, with a slight 

 modification in spelling, to the dogs by which the 

 flocks are guarded. 



In the summer of 186 1 a Highland ram and 

 a couple of ewes were introduced into New York, 

 and a small flock of the same breed was imported 

 into Illinois six years later ; the descendants of 

 these forming the main part of the small number 

 of these sheep at present maintained in the United 

 States.^ The higher zones of the lower AUeghenies 

 would, it is stated by the author just quoted, form 

 the best ground in the United States for these 

 sheep, which are, however, considered less suit- 

 able for the American market than the almost 

 equally hardy Cheviots. 



Very different in every respect to the Highland 

 black-faced is the Cheviot breed, of the Cheviot 

 range of the south of Scotland, but also extending 

 into the northern districts of Northumberland. 

 Although this rugged district, which includes the 

 greater part of the county of Roxburgh, adjoins 



' See C. S. Plumb, Types and Breeds of Farm Animals, Boston 

 and New York, 1906, p. 453. 



