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me that they were like their other importations, a 
mixture of pure and impure blooded sheep. It is due, 
however, to the Messrs. Searle to say, that as a whole, 
their importations were much better than any other 
made into Boston. 
“T will now turn your attention to the importations 
made into other ports. In 1825, thirteen Saxons 
arrived in Portsmouth. They were miserable crea- 
tures. In 1826, one hundred and ninety-one sheep 
arrived in New York, per brig William, on German 
account. <A portion of these were well descended and 
valuable animals. The rest were gradesheep. In June, 
the same year, the brig Louisa brought out one hundred 
and seventy-three, on German account. Not more 
than one-third of them had the least pretensions to 
purity of blood. Next we find one hundred and fifty- 
eight, shipped at Bremen, on German account. Some 
were diseased before they left Bremen, and I am 
happy to state that twenty-two died before their 
arrival in New York. All I intend to say of them 
is, that they were a most curious and motley mess of 
wretched animals. The next cargo imported arrived 
in the brig Maria Elizabeth, under my own care. 
They were 165 in number, belonging to myself and 
F. Gebhard, of New York. These sheep cost me $65 
a head when landed in New York. They sold at an 
average of $50 a head, thus sinking about $2,400! J 
need not say that they were exclusively of pure blood. 
A cargo of eighty-one arrived soon after, but I know 
nothing of their quality. The next importation con- 
sisted of one hundred and eighty-four, on German 
account, per brig Warren. With a few exceptions 
they were pure blooded and good sheep. We next 
have an importation of two hundred by the Bremen 
ship Louisa. They were commonly called the ‘stop 
sale sheep.? They were of the most miserable char- 
acter, some of them being hardly half grade sheep. 
The ship Phebe Ann brought one hundred and twenty 
