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deal of valuable information refpeéting 
thofe countries, which Europeans are in 
general fo little acquainted with. Owing 
to the indefatigable exertion and perfeve- 
rance of Mr. Hamilton, who remained 
fome weeks in the ifland: of Cerigo, in 
order to attempt the recovery of this in- 
valuable cargo, a part of it has been al- 
ready raifed from the fhip. After having 
tried avariety of methods, he at length 
succeeded in this defirable undertaking by 
means of divers from the ifland of Samos. 
The news of this event will, no doubt, 
be highly gratifying to the lovers of lite- 
fature and the fine arts, who will antici- 
pate the pleafure they will experience from 
the publication of the journals, plans, &c. 
of thefe gentlemen. S.M.A. 
Feb. 25, 1803. 
Sa 
_ For the Monthly Magazine. 
PARTICULARS of LORD SOMER- 
VILLE’s late CATTLE-SHEW. 
T may be neceffary to recapitulate the 
plan and conditions, on which this 
popular and public-fpirited nobleman, 
conformably to the original propofal in his 
late publication, gives annual prizes for 
the improvement of live-ftock. 
«« One hundred pounds, in two annual 
prizes of fifty pounds each, in due pro- 
portions ; one to the firft and fecond beft 
yoke, or pair, of fat oxen, which fhall 
have laboured a given period, to provide 
corn and other food for man, but fhall 
never once have confumed it; the other, 
to ail breeds of fhort-woolled fheep, 
giving the preference to thofe moft pro- 
ductive in food and raiment ; to be con- 
tinued annually, as long as fhall be thought 
advifable. 
“< Conditions. —Thirty pounds to the beft, 
and twenty pounds to the fecond beft, 
yoke of oxen, which fhall have worked 
together,in yoke or harnefs,for the {pace of 
three years, previous to their being turned- 
upto graze; age, from five to eight years, 
weight, from one hundred, to one hundred 
and fixty ftone, of eight pounds, being 
the fize beft adapted to labour, and the 
average of the markets; to be taken 
from work between the 25th of April, 
and the rft of May, 1802, and fhewn at 
Langhorn’s Repofitory, in Barbican, Los- 
don, on Monday and Tuefday nearct 
the 1ft of March following, being a pe- 
riod of about ten months. The order, 
as to flefh, in which thefe oxen are on 
New Year’s Day, and the number of days 
work done between that time and the-2sth 
of April, mult be fpecified ; due allow- 
ance will be made for diftances of drift, 
Particulars of Lord Somerville’s late Cattle~/hew. [April 1, 
‘from ‘any part of the kingdom, both in a 
lean and fat ftate. 
It muft be warranted, that they have had 
no coin of any defcription; that the ftraw, 
if any given, whillt the cattle were fatten- 
ing, was carefully cleared of corn 5 
that they have had no beans, peafe, buck- 
wheat or potatoes (turnips are not inclu- 
ded in this exception). The quantity of 
oil-cake given mutt be accurately ftated, 
that due allowance may be made. If the 
Jeaft fault fhould be difcovered in any cer- 
tificate, the perfon fo offending will be fet 
afide and deemed dilqualified ever after- 
wards.—This prize is defigned to counte= 
nance farmers in their ufual courfe of pro-= 
fitable hufoandry, rather than thofe, whos 
Sorget{ful of general benefit, are ambitious 
of keeping on cattle after they are ripe. 
‘¢ The other prize of fifty pounds, in like 
proportion, for fheep, viz. to thofe who 
produce, in fair ftore ftate, the beft five 
ewe hogs(yearling ewes)vot in lamb, thirty 
pounds; and to the five beft fat wedders, 
four or fix toothed fheep, of any fhort or 
clothing-woolled breed, twenty pounds. 
This age is preferred; becaufe it does 
not exclude thofe flocks which work in 
the fold, yet it obliges them to come to 
market at a period when their’ growth 
ought to be perfect. Quality of carcafe, 
aptitude to fatten, quantity and quality 
of wool, and meat per acré, to be confi- 
dered. By /fore fiate, is meant, that fheep 
are not to be taken from the flock more 
than ten days before the commencement of 
their journey, or forced beyond the average 
keep of the ftock. Striét certificates will 
be required, as tqathe keep, and time of 
lambing for the ewes——to time of lambing, 
duration of work in the fold, and period of 
fattening, as well as quality of food, for 
the wedders. Five umpires to be chofen 
for each of the prizes. No perfon gain- 
ing a prize, is qualified to exhibit ftock © 
for the fame prize, in the fucceeding year. 
«‘ The prizes for oxen will be divided 
between the grazier, and the farmer who 
poffeffed the oxen during the laft twelve- 
months work. The prizes for theep will 
be given to the breeders only of the fheep 
fhewn. The prize-oxen not to be flaugh- 
tered with the axe, but laid or pithed, ac- 
cording to the ufage of other countries, 
for which purpofe a fkilful perfon will at- 
tend at the convenience of the purchafer. © 
‘© Implements of hufbandry, ona new 
and improved conftruétion, and famples 
of grain, or feeds, will be admitted for 
exhibition, on due notice given to Mr, 
Langhorn. The ftock to be fent in be- 
fore feven o’clock on Monday aa 
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