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NEW YORK, AND ROCHESTER, N. Y„ NOV 
I’lMOF, Six; CElfTH 
*2.50 PE Ft YEAR. 
f Entorbu ac cording to Act of Congress, In the year 1978, by D. D, T. Mogul 
In the otHco of the Librarian of congress, at Washington.] 
lv dividing the fell into certain tracts, within 
W hich he expects to lind certain sheep. In 
spite, however, of this general tendency to 
stick to the ground, a certain amount of 
straying does of course take place, and, us 
there are no fences, often to long distances ; 
on this account meetings are held about 
juinpuigpowers 01 auerdwiek require 
to be seen to be believed. They run up dry 
walls like cats, and if they cannot run up, 
they will fly immense ilights. 
The legs and faces of this breed, as lambs, 
are black, or black with a few white flecks • 
but they soon begin to “ brighten out, 1 ' till 
by the time they are two years old, all that 
was black has become a frosty or silver gray, 
darkening slightly towards the forehead, ex¬ 
cept H blue-black mark or patch at. the back 
of the neck ; any brown tinge is a defect, it 
being considered a less hardy color. The eye 
should be bright and good, and the forehead 
broad with a tuft on it ; the ears should be 
white and sharp, and the wool should come 
well up to them, and, in the case of tups, 
form a kllld of inane or heckling of a dark 
color. They should be wide between the 
fore legs, with the breast, well forward, and 
be well ribbed up to endure hardships ; the 
hind legs should be straight, and well nmt 
HERDWICK SHEEP 
There is a tradition that the originals, 
parents of these sheep, were wrecked in a 
Spanish ship on the coast of England near 
Duddon Sands and t hence spread all through 
the la ke district of Cumberland, Westmore¬ 
land, and Lancashire. There it now reigns 
supreme, having entirely superseded the old 
hell breed, which, tradition says, was white- 
as its mother. I hey are very good managers, 
too, in hard weather or snow, as they will, 
it they have warning, make for the exposed 
places, where they are not likely to be 
drifted up, and afterwards scratch down till 
they reach the grass ; but sometimes a thick, 
soft, heavy snow comes on so suddenly that 
they are drifted up almost unawares, and in 
this state of being literally buried alive they 
have been known to live for three weeks, 
and, after being taken out, recover and do 
well, their only subsistence having been 
what they could roach from where they lay. 
A Herd wick is very much attached to its own 
“ heaf,” or that part of the fell where it gen¬ 
erally goes ; ami in a large stock a shepherd 
depends chiefly upon this peculiarity for 
knowing that all his charge is right, mental- 
diiferent farms, with illustrative woodcuts. 
The “marks” consist of “oar marks,” a tar 
letter or letters on one side, and another 
mark generally made 111 red, but sometimes 
in tar, or some other place ; in addition also 
a mark is occasionally burned on the face. 
At, rutting time the tups light a great, deal, 
and instances are not. uncommon whore the 
shook or meeting has been fatal to both 
combatants. 
In hard weather hay is taken up the fells 
n sheets on men’s backs, but, unless arena- 
