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no additional comment, as they eloquently speak 
for themselves. The reader has now a compari¬ 
son set before him, and can choose according to 
his fancy. If he wishes a good, profitable sheep, 
the wool of which is abundant, and sufficiently fine 
for family use; the whole carcass the best of mut¬ 
ton ; the hams lean, tender , juicy , and 'particularly 
heavy , and well adapted for curing like venison 
(to which it is scarcely inferior), to be exported in 
large quantities at a handsome profit to Europe, he 
can take the South-Downs. On the other hand, if 
he prefer a miserable, ill-bred, rambling, coarse, 
loose-woolled sheep, which will never pay a sum¬ 
mering, much less a wintering, let him adhere to 
the native. 
We believe it is pretty well known, that Mr. 
Rotch has repeatedly imported the choicest South- 
Downs, from the very best flocks in England, the 
last of which, we selected for him nearly two 
years since, from the celebrated blood of Mr. Webb 
at Babraham, and brought over with us on our re¬ 
turn to America. All of these he is breeding with 
great care, and for a more particular account of 
these splendid sheep, we must refer our readers to 
the article “ Tour in England, No. 4,” Vol. L, page 
103, of the American Agriculturist. 
South-Down Ewe, Little Wood-Chuck.—(Fig. 32.) 
For the American Agriculturist. 
SOUTH-DOWN SHEEP. 
I herewith send you a 
drawing of a snug, heavy, 
little South-Down ewe, 
known on the farm by the 
soubriquet of the Little 
Woodchuck. I have in 
hand a drawing of a buek 
of exactly her stamp, both 
a mite too short, but all 
solidity and weight. He 
is by Ellman’s best buck, 
and was sent me from 
England in a very fine 
ewe. 
F. R. 
Butternuts, 
23 d May, 1843. 
Bred by, and the Property 'of Francis Rotch, Esq., Butternuts, Otsego Co., N. Y. 
Native Ewe, Wild and Worthless.—(Fig. 33.) 
A—Face. 
B—Nose. 
C—Neck. 
D—Shoulder. 
E—Bosom. 
F—Brisket. 
G—Fore flank. 
H—Chine. 
I—Loin, or saddle. 
K—Rump. 
L-Leg. 
M—Hips. 
N—Crease, or crack. This 
is a channel along the 
sacral bone just at the set¬ 
ting on of the tail. 
Bred by, and the Property of Nobody in Particular, the United States over. 
