Tlie disadvaiitages which i have thus to 

 detail <0 you, arise froia tbe ttOf^d'dlisease'Wltli 

 whwh ika ^tmp wfe ^^ttstei^ If :&^|^eax^ nh&p 

 the first lambing, and within four mouths from the 

 tiuH* of iiiy nrcTi]>;itinii of tho laud iu qiiestiou. Its 

 uuaccouutabh^ aiul destructive nature renders my 

 selection utterly usel^ss^ The nature ^ &e dis- 

 eUse, 9S I have yet fetldiiitked^ is ^ Mlows x 

 ~The sheep, iu tlio first place, devour the earth 

 ravriiously. the pasture Itciua- at the sauie time 

 hixuriaut, priiicii>aliy rib-grass, and other suc- 

 cul^t herbs ; they become speedily emaciated, 

 fma this uuittattiral di^est^ mme partbialaifly m 

 'tiiCl Itahii^g scasou advap-'^es^ and when hxmbing 

 isontmcuces : fltc other ewes surrouud tlie one 

 lambiu^'. and devour the xoiuin' as they cmert^e 

 froui tlje uiother. The iaudjs saved through the 



of ^ ihei^i^ hemim p0^my stricken, 

 from tlie low condition of the mothers, aapbd ge- 

 ne rally die Ijefore tliey become a month old. 

 Tlius, instead of liavinp; twelve hundred lambs 

 this sea>on, as my regular increase, I do not 

 couirt four hundred 4 Ijesi^es a very great de- 

 crease firom mo»^ty in ike maiden sliee|>, otigi- 

 nally jiurcliased at high prices. The number of 

 ^heplierd- re(piired beiu!>' at the same time tbrico 

 [)eyond tlie proportion usual in tiie t'oloiiy." 

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