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York, but more so in their wool than in their cat- 
cases, which are as large if not larger than ours; 
but the flesh of those is much less esteemed than 
that of the small breed of Brittany, which is extreme^ 
ly delicate and high flavored. AH the sheep of this 
country are parked or housed at night, and attend¬ 
ed by a shepherd in the day, who leads them over 
the commons and stubble grounds, and though 
there are no enclosures or any thing to separate 
them from gardens and sown fields, yet so vigilant 
are the shepherd’s dogs that they never trespass, 
but satisfy their hunger on the coarsest food while 
dainties are in their view. I should except from 
these observations, the race of the Merinos, or 
Spanish sheep which have been lately introduced, 
as they well deserve a very particular notice, and 
the rather as I have now some in our state, and I 
am told that a number have also been imported by 
Col. Humphrey ; so that with a little attention we 
may be amply stocked with the only species that 
produces wool which is of sufficient fineness to 
make broadcloths, and who on many other ac¬ 
counts will claim particular attention. But as the 
vessel that takes this is on the point of sailing, I 
must defer this and a variety of other matters to the 
next conveyance ; and the rather as I believe the 
society will see little in this to compensate the time 
that I have already detained their attention. I 
hope you have received my letter, together with 
the samples of pyrites used as a manure, since I 
consider that as a very important discovery, and I 
