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die, one foot feven inches and a quarter; acrofs the 

 breaft, from the infide of one fore leg to the infide of 

 the other, nine inches. At the dividing of the quarters, 

 through the ribs it meafured feven inches and one-eighth 

 of folid fat, cut ftraight through without any Hope ; and 

 his mutton was of the moll beautiful bright colour. But 

 in nothing was he fo remarkable, as in the fmalinefs of 

 his bones. ---The proprietor of this Sheep laments, that 

 he had not the offals exactly weighed (by offals, we 

 would be underftood to mean not only the tallow, but the 

 head, pluck, and pelt, with the blood and entrails); be- 

 caufe it is now well known, tiiat this breed of Sheep has 

 a greater quantity of mutton, in proportion to the orTal, 

 than any other kind we know of, and is confequently 

 cheaper to the confumer. 



[The drawing, from which the preceding cut was 

 taken, was made by Mr Bailey, of Chillingham, foon af- 

 ter the Sheep had been (horn.] 



Before we quit this article, we muft take notice of a 

 breed of Sheep, which have hitherto been but little known 

 or attended to ; although it is probable, they porlefs ad- 

 Vantages of equal importance with thofe we have juft 

 mentioned; and, in all likelihood, they might have conti- 

 nued {till longer in the fame neglected flate, but for the 

 endeavours of a fet of men, who, actuated by a truly pa- 

 triotic zeal, are labouring to draw out the natural refources 

 of their country, and fecure, to the moil diftant and long- 

 neglected parts of this kingdom, thofe permanent advan^ 

 tages, to which they are by their fituation entitled. In 

 purfuing thefe important objeds, the Highland Society of 

 Scotland have difcovered, that the Shetland iflands, and 



