8 FINE WOOL SIIKEP HUSBANDRY. 
“The Escurial breed is supposed to possess the 
finest wool of all the migratory sheep. The Gaude- 
loupe have the most perfect form, and are likewise 
celebrated for the quantity and quality of their wool. 
The Paulars bear much wool of a fine quality; but 
they have a more evident enlargement behind the 
ears, and a greater degree of throatiness, and their 
lambs have a coarse, hairy appearance, which is suc- 
ceeded by excellent wool. The lambs of the Infanta- 
dos have the same hairy coat when young. The Ne- 
gretti are the largest and strongest of all the Spanish 
travelling sheep.”* 
The Merinos, as they appeared as a race at the 
opening of this century, are thus described by Living- 
ston : 
Merinos had been introduced, to ascertain how the experiment suc- 
ceeded and to observe the effect of the different climates and systems 
of management on the animal. 
* Livingston’s descriptions coincide with these, except that he says 
that the Paulars have “similar fleeces” with the Gaudeloupes, and 
are “ longer bodied.” 
These celebrated flocks were the property of individuals or of re- 
ligious orders. The Hscurial flock belonged to the King, until 
Philip Il. gave it to the friars of a convent attached to the Escurial 
palace. The Paulars were purchased by the Prince of Peace of the 
Carthusian friars of Paular. The Negrettis were owned by the 
Conde Campo de Alange—the Infantados, Aqueirres, Montarcos, ete., 
to the nobles of those names. 
Hon. William Jarvis, of Vermont, hereafter mentioned as a con- 
spicuous importer of Merino sheep into the United States, in a letter 
to L. D. Gregory, which was republished in Morell’s American Shep- 
herd (pp. 71-76), describes the Spanish cabanas somewhat different- 
ly. But his opportunities for judging, good as they were, were not 
equal to those of Lasteyrie, and Mr. Jarvis wrote some years a/ter 
he had seen any pure bred animals of the separate cabanas. Las- 
teyrie’s description is adopted by some eminent writers, familiar with 
the Spanish sheep near the opening of this century, and I do not re- 
member to have seen it contradicted by any European author of re- 
