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THE AFRICAN BREEDS. 
We quote the following from M'Culloch’s Com- 
mercial Dictionary, 1825 : 
Number of long-woolled sheep in England and Wales 
_ in 1800, was , . , ^ ^ 303 
Number of short, woolled do., . . u’ssi’a.OO 
Slaughter of short-woolled sheep per an- 
' • . . 4,221,748 
Carrion of do. . . 2 II 087 
Slaughter of long. woolled do. 1,180,'413 
t Carrion of do. . . 59 q-oq 
Slaughter of lambs, . . I,400,’o60 
Carrion of do. . , 70 gog 
— 7,140,855 
Total Number of Sheep and Lambs, 26,148,463 
“ In some parts of England there has been an in- 
crease in the number of sheep since 1800, and in 
others they have decreased. But we have been as- 
sured by competent judges that upon the whole the 
number has not materially varied in the interim. 
“ During the last half century a very decided in- 
crease has taken place in the number of sheep in 
Scotland, and a very great improvement in the breed, 
particularly in the Highlands. 
“ In the General Report of Scotland (Vol. iii. 
Appen. p. 6.), the number of sheep is estimated at 
2,850,000; and allowing for the increase that has 
taken place since 1814, we may perhaps estimate the 
total number of sheep in that part of the empire at 
this moment (1835), at 3,500,000. 
