246 The Agricultural Features of the Paris Exhibition. 
is proved by the fact that the 1500-franc (60Z.) prize offered for 
the best group of French sheep, excluding Merinos and jNIetis- 
Merinos, was won by a Leicester-]\Ierino group, the property of 
M. Wallet. 
Only 8 animals of the Southdown-Merino cross were enteretl. 
Some of them, however, should have got a little further into the 
prize-list. No ticket of any kind could be spared to them, though 
" supplementary prizes " and " honourable mentions " were doled 
out to inferior animals with a liberality quite characteristic of the 
Exhibition. Two tups of this cross were shown. The one was 
well clad with mutton of good quality, and was of fair size, but 
not very even in form ; the other, undersized, was deficient on the 
thighs, but good on the rib and fine in the bone. Two pens of 
Southdown-Merino ewes showed good quality, but wanted size 
and substance. Of the Southdown-Berrichon cross, one thick 
clumsy-looking tup was exhibited. Southdown-Cauchois ewes 
got a supplementary prize, and were fair-sized well-formed 
sheep, but somewhat bare of wool. 
Of the Leicester-Berrichon cross there were several pens, two 
supplementary prizes being awarded to tups of this cross. They 
were fairly sized, with good ribs and quarters, but deficient fore- 
parts. The females were fine in the bone and of good quality, 
but rather light in the body and long in the legs. A tup of the 
Leicester-Cauchois cross got the fourth prize, but he was big in 
the bone and long in the legs. A few crosses between the 
Leicester and the Norman breed showed a great improvement 
on the pure Norman, especially in wealth of flesh ; while the 
specimens of the Leicester-Artesien were very much finer in 
quality than those of the pure Artesien race. Among the other 
crosses there was nothing particularily noticeable. 
Other Foreign Breeds. — Austria was represented in the Sheep 
Department by two or three specimens of the Merino breed, and 
two of the Zakkel breed. The former were shown by Count 
Hungadi-Emerie, Urmeney, Hungary, and were pretty good 
sheep. The latter were exhibited by Baron Romasynan, Galicia, 
and were long, coarse-woolled, and not very handsome in form. 
From Holland several pens of the Texel breed were exhibited ; 
while Belgium contributed a few sheep of different breeds. In 
the Merino Section in the Foreign Division, Italy entered some 
nineteen animals, fair in point of merit, but not equal to the 
French Merinos. 
Swine. — British Bueeds. 
The mention of the names of Messrs. Duckering, Messrs. 
Howard, Mr. Sexton, and Mr. Swanwick, as among the British 
