BRITISH BREEDS. 
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ture and balmy climate of the south, the sharper 
soils and rich grasses of the upland counties, or the 
liigh and alpine herbage of the north, cold in its cli- 
mate and searching in its storms and snows, where 
the life of the shepherd is no sinecure, but where 
the summer bite, though short, is nourishing and 
sweet, and wliere the heathy mixture imparts a fla- 
■vour coveted even by the luxurious of the southern 
metropolis. * 
In illustration of the British breeds, we have se-» 
lected two as opposite as possible, yet each of them 
Very extensively bred. We shall for this time give 
the preference to those of the soutli, and first notice 
• A considerable number of hind-quarters of the best 
Scottish mutton is at present exported from Edinburgh to 
the London dealers, where the article fetches a high price. 
