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coar'fe-grained ; the woo] from ten to eighteen inches in 
length. This breed is capable of being kept with advan¬ 
tage, and made fat, only on the rich eft l'orts of grazing 
paftures. The weight of mutton'which thefe fheep afford 
ss great; but the fiefh is coarfe, with a large proportion 
of bone. The chief object is in the large quantity, of 
wool which they afford, which pays for their being kept 
longer than other breeds before they are made fat; but it 
is coarfe, and always low in price. 
In the Tr.ES- water Breed, the legs are longer, finer- 
boned, and lupport a thicker and more firm and heavy 
carcafe, than the Lincolnfhire ; the fheep are much wider 
on the backs and fides; and afford a fatter and finer- 
grained mutton. The wool is fliorter and lefs heavy than 
in the preceding breed. This, is luppofed to be- the largeft 
breed of fheep in the ifland ; and is.the moil prevalent in 
the inclofed lands on the borders of the Tees in Yorkfhire. 
In this breed, which is probably from the'fame frock as 
the above, more attention has been paid to iize than 
wool. It is only calculated for warm inclofed rich paf¬ 
tures, where they are kept in fmall lots, and well flip- 
ported with food in fevere winters. The ewes of this 
breed are in general very prolific, moftiy bringing two; 
and frequently three, lambs each. 
The Romney-marsh Breed of fheep is without horns; 
white faces and legs ; rather long in the legs ; good iize ; 
body rather long, but barrel-ihaped ; bones rather large. 
This breed has the quality of arriving at the fate of fat- 
nefs at an early age, as well as that of producing a 
large fleece of fine long combing wool, which renders it 
highly valuable. But from the iize, and circumftance of 
the heavinefs of the coat, it is only capable of being kept 
and fattened on the rich kinds of palture ; in fiuch iitua- 
tions it is, however, an excellent breed. 
The Devonshire Breed is chiefly diftinguifhed by 
having no horns ; white faces and legs, thick necks, 
backs narrow, and back-bones high ; iides good; legs 
fiiort, and bones large. This breed is laid to have re¬ 
ceived confiderable improvement by being eroded with 
the new Leicefters. 1 
The Exmoor Breed of fheep has horns, and white faces 
and legs; are very delicate in the bone, neck, and head; 
but the form of the carcafe, is very indifferent; narrow 
and flat-flded; and the weight of wool much lefs than in 
the preceding breed. 
The Dorsetshire Breed is known by its having 
horns ; white faces ; long fmall white legs ; by the car¬ 
cafe being rather long and thin ; and by the. mutton be¬ 
ing fine-grained and of good flavour. This breed has 
the peculiar property of producing lambs at any period 
in the feafon, even fo early as September and October. 
The Wiltjkire /keep are confidered as a variety of this 
breed, which have acquired an increafe in weight. And 
other varieties of it are met with in feveral other diftricts. 
It is a breed that has been found to anfwer well in fome 
£)f the midland diftrifts, and, from its clofe make, to be 
capable of great improvement, by being crofted with rams 
of a larger fize. Thofe farmers who have not mainte¬ 
nance fora flock the whole year, but who have neverthe- 
lels the advantage of water-meadows, and grow likewife 
•jconfiderable crops of turnips, are in the habit of buying 
in large quantities of this breed for fattening, and ofwhich 
great profits are made. The wethers will in a fhort time 
double their value ; while the couples, being produced 
before Chfiftmas, afford an opportunity of lending fat- 
lambs to Smithfield, and other great markets, at a very 
.early period, and at prices almoil incredible. 
The Herefordshire Breed of iheep is known by the 
want of horns, and having white legs and faces; by being 
fmall in fize; and the wool growing clofe to the eyes; by 
the carcafe being pretty well formed ; and by the excel¬ 
lence of the mutton. Wool fine and fhort; the lean 
poor-fed fheep producing the fineft, as in the South Down. 
The true breed of this fort of fheep is frequently deno¬ 
minated Ryrfands. This breed is found to be remarkably 
patient of hunger; but in ks management requires great 
care in the winter feafon. In fome cafes they are lion fed 
all the year round in the night-time. Their cots are low 
covered buildings, proportioned to the extent of the flocks. 
They are faid to fatten the bell at four years old. 
The Norfolk Breed of fheep has the face black; 
horns large andffpiral ; carcafe long, fmall, weak, and thin ; 
narrow chine ; large bones ; very long black or grey legs; 
mutton fine-grained and high-flavoured, but does not 
keep well in hot feafons. Wool fiiort and fine. This 
breed has been chiefly prevalent in Norfolk and Suffolk, 
where folding is much the practice, as they have the pro¬ 
perty of travelling well. In difpofition they are given to 
be reftlefs. But this fort of fheep have lately given way 
to the preceding breed, which is fuppofed by fome to 
be hardier,lefs nice in their food, fooner ready for the fold, 
and more quiet. 
The Heath Breed of fneep is known by having large 
fpiral horns; black faces and legs; a fierce look, fhort 
firm carcafe; mutton excellent in grain and flavour. 
Wool open, coarfe, and fhagged. This is an aftive and 
hardy breed, which is firft met with in the north-weftern 
parts of Yorkfhire ; whence it has extended itfelf over 
the extenfive mountainous traft of country on the bor¬ 
ders of the Irifh Sea,-which ftretches from Lancafhire to 
Fort-William in the weftern' highlands- of Scotland. The 
great objection to it is the coarfenefs of the fleece. Thefe 
fheep are very active and hardy, which has rendered their 
Introduction into the high mountainous expofed diftriiits 
advantageous. They are moftiy fattened about the third 
or fourth year, at which age they are found to anfwer the 
beft. They afford a very fuperior fort of mutton. It is 
probable, that they might be much improved in their 
coats by being eroded with fome- of the larger fine-wool- 
led breeds. 
The Herdwick Breed is diftinguifhed by having no 
horns; by the face and legs being fpeckled ; legs fine, 
fmall, and clean. Wool fiiort, thick, and matted in the 
fleece. This breed is peculiar to the elevated mountain¬ 
ous track of country at the head of the rivers Efk and 
Duddon in Cumberland, where they are let to herds; 
whence the name. They are faid to poflefs the property 
of being extremely- hardy in conftitution. This fmall 
breed is faid to be fo extremely hardy, as to fupport itfelf 
on the rocky bare mountains with the trifling fupply of 
a little hay in the winter feafon; fcratching down to the 
heath during the fnows. The ewes, from the nature of 
the climate, produce their lambs late; but which, when 
dropped, are well-woolled. They are generally kept as 
long as they produce lambs. The wether flock is moftiy 
difpofed of from the mountains, without being put in the 
paftures, at from four to five years old. The fleece in 
this breed is finer than in that of the preceding; but 
coarfer than any of the fhort-woolied breeds. 
The Cheviot Breed of fneep is known by the want 
of horns; by the face and legs being moftiy white, and 
the eyes lively and prominent; the body long; little* 
depth in the breaft ; narrow there and on the chine ; clean, 
fine, fmall-boned, legs, and thin pelts. Wool rather fina 
than coarfe. It is faid to be a valuable breed of moun¬ 
tain flieep where the herbage is chiefly of the natural graf9 
kind ; which is the cafe in the fituations where they are 
found the mod prevalent, and from which they have ob¬ 
tained their name. It has undergone much improve¬ 
ment within thefe few years in refpecl to its form and 
other qualities. The practice of milking the ewes of this 
breed for the purpofe of making cheefe is found to be 
prejudicial to the animals, and has of collide been much 
left oft by the beft fheep-farmers. 
The Dun-faced Breed has no horns; the face, as the 
name implies, is in common of a tawny colour; the fize 
fmall; tail fhort; mutton fine. Wool varioufly ltreaked 
and blended with different colours, fome of which is very 
fine. Mr. Culley, for what reafon we know not, fuppofes 
this to partake of the Spanifh breed. 
The Shetland Breed is fmall, and moftiy without! 
horns; but what more particularly diftinguifhes it from 
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