HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 51 



of 1 os. 6d. or perhaps 15 s. per quarter. — The manner 

 of rearing the lambs is curious : They are imprifoned in 

 little dark cabins ; the Ewes are fed with oil-cakes, hay, 

 corn, turnips, cabbages, or any other food which the fea- 

 fon of the year affords ; thefe are given them in a field 

 contiguous to the apartments where the lambs are kept ; 

 and, at proper intervals, the nurfes are brought in to 

 give fuck to their young ones •, while the attendants, at 

 the fame time, make their lodgings perfectly clean, and 

 litter them with frefh ftraw. Great attention is paid to 

 this, as much of the fuccefs of rearing thefe unfeafonable 

 productions depends upon warmth and cleanlinefs. 



The Dorfetfhire Sheep are moflly white-faced ; their 

 legs are long and fmall ; and great numbers of them have 

 no wool upon their bellies, which gives them an uncouth 

 appearance. They produce a fmall quantity of wool, 

 but of a good quality, from which our fine Wiltfhire 

 cloths are made. The mutton of thefe Sheep is very 

 fweet and well flavoured. — The variations of this breed 

 are fpread through moft of the fouthern counties ; but 

 the true kind is only to be found in Dorfetfhire and 

 Wiltfhire. — There is a breed, not unlike this, in Nor- 

 folk and Suffolk j but they are all grey or black-faced. 



