NATURAL history. 
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the ewes fall, where they are defended by 
the rams in the moft vigorous manner. The 
woolly fheep is only found in Europe, and 
•fome of the temperate provinces of Afia. 
When fat, it is aukward in its motions, ea- 
fily fatigued, and frequently finks under the 
weight of its own corpulence, and rich 
fleeces. There is no part of this admirable 
animal, but what has its particular ufe. 
When two rams meet, they engage very 
fiercely. Every ewe knows its lamb, and e-. 
very lamb the bleating of its ewe, even a- 
midft thoufands. In England, they chiefly 
feed on downs, in paftures, young fpring- 
ing corn lands, or turnip fields ; but the 
downs have, by long experience, been found 
to prove by far the mofl beneficial, on . ac- 
count of the air and drynefs of foU, no ani- 
mal being fo fubjedt to the rot, as Iheep, if 
fed on marfliy land. The whole flock of 
ewes, wethers, and lambs, arc flieared once 
in a year. Wethers have generally more 
and better wool tlmn the ewes. Such is their 
utility in agriculture, that an hundred fiieep 
will manure eight acres of ground. 
In Iceland they have a fpecies of this ani- 
nial, called Many-horned flieep ; they are of 
a dark brown colour, and under the outward 
coat of hair, have a fine, ftiort, foft fur, refem- 
bling wool. 
In Spain, the flieep produce a wool, fupe- 
riorto that of any other country. It is of 
fo excellent a quality, that our hatters and 
clothiers 
