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are very fine, and produce the largest fleeces. But 
the Merino Sheep of Spain produce wool of a much 
finer quality, and more valuable. Merino Sheep 
have, of late years, been extensively introduced into 
the United States. The manufacture of wool con- 
stitutes an important branch of business, both in 
this country and in Great Britain. 
THE GOAT. 
156. The Goat seems, in every respect, more 
calculated for a life of liberty than the sheep ; being 
considerably stronger, swifter, and more courageous. 
Lively, playful, and capricious, it does not submit to 
be confined, but chooses its own pastures, delights 
in climbing precipices, and is often seen reposing in 
tranquil security upon an eminence overhanging the 
ocean. 
157. Nature has, in some measure, fitted it for 
traversing these declivities ; the hoof being hollow 
What is the quality of the Sheep of England and the Merino 
Sheep of Spain 7 Where have Merino Sheep been extensively 
introduced 7 What is said of the manufacture of wool in this 
country and Great Britain 7 
Compare the Goat with the sheep. How is it enabled to trav- 
erse rocky and precipitous places 7 
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