c iis 3 
gierticin which merits attention, that the Sp^^nlsh 
bipod, half S:pani?>h, and R}/iand, is the most thriv^ 
i'ng there is oh all the south Dovyns, but observe 
at the same time their tenderness, or not equally 
bearing the fold.” From Sir John Seaclair, An, 
Ag. 17 Yoh 302. 
I WENT two days ago to see the Hock of the 
society, [N. B. society for improving British woolj 
they are kept four miles from Eclinburgb, and are 
thriving to our wish, we shall be able to produce 
as fine wool of the growth of Scotland (particularly 
from Mr. Dauberto.n’s ewes) [N. E. Spanish sheep 
from France] as perhaps ever came from Spain. 
One experiment has answered beyond all expecta¬ 
tion ; a lamU of aboye a year old, a cross between 
Lord Cheviot’s Spaniards and a Cheviot ewe, w'as 
clippecl, and clothed on the third of October last, 
its fleece has grown about an inch since, and for 
softness, fineness and colour, exceeds almost any 
thing you ever saw, and the auima.1 is in the best 
order of apy iri the. whole flock.” 
1 
Mr. Young, speaking of a merino ram, given 
him by the King with which he appears highly 
delighted, after describing his extreme fine wool^ 
&c. adds, “ In regard to the thriving quality 
of this breed;, it is a point of such importance, that 
I was anxintis to ascertain it. Of the wool, none 
could haye any doubt, but from certain points 
which predominate in Spanisk sheep^ tills was cer- 
