1807. } 
Spain in 1797. This flock is compofed 
of the breeds, which are of all others the 
moit defirable to be obtained, viz. thofe 
of the E/curial, of Guadaloupe, of Pantar, 
of the Duke del Infantado, of the Count 
de Montarco, and the Count de Negretti. 
“The Ejcurial breed is looked upon as 
poflefiing the fineft fleece in all Spain. 
The Guadaloupe theep are remarkable for 
fymmetry of form, as well as for the 
quantity and quality of their wool. The 
Paular are equally gitted with the two 
latter perfections, but poffefs a greater 
fwell behind the ears, and a more palpa- 
ble degree of throutine/s. The lambs of 
this breed, and thofe of the Infantado, 
are generally produced with a coarfe 
hairy appearance, which is fucceeded by 
wool of exquilite quality. The Negrett: 
breed is compofed of the largeft theep im 
Spain. The Efferum flock, when I faw 
it, had been twenty months from Spain, 
and was very healthy. Only two fheep 
had been lott by the long voyage, fevere 
winter, and heavy rains of {pring, to 
which they had been expofed fince their 
arrival in Denmark. 
““ SAXONY. 
“Upper Saxony is: the country into 
which, after Sweden, the Spanith race of 
theep is of moft ancient introduction, and 
it is in Saxony that this naturalization 
has been marked with the completeft 
faccefs, and produced the moft advanta- 
geous refults. The different imdigenous 
breeds of that country, of which fome 
produce tolerable and others very coarfe 
wool, have been equally improved by the 
crofs. The Elector of Saxony, withing 
to repair the devaftations occalioned in 
his dominions by a feven years’ war, ob- 
tained from the King of Spain in 1765, a 
feleétion from the beft Merino jocks, 
confifting- of one hundred rams, and two 
hundred ewes. Experience having proved 
that they were eafily reconciled to the 
climate, attention was paid to the general 
amelioration of native breeds, after fub- 
jecting thofe animals which appeared moti 
defeétive to cafiration. In 1776, theep 
of four years old were difpofed of to indi- 
viduals; but as the beft experiments al- 
ways meet with oppotition, the fale was 
attended with fuch difficulties, that the 
government obliged thofe who rented the 
eleétoral farms, te purchafe a certain pro- 
portionate number of Spanith fheep. The 
breeders foon difcovered what was moft 
conducive to their intereft, and the Elec- 
toral flocks not bemg able to fupply the 
demands which multiplied every day, 
another importation took place in 1778, 
* 
of breeding Merino Sheep, es 
and feveral more fince that time. At 
prefent the Fledior’s flock amounts to 
3,400, and he annually difpotes of five 
hundred by public auction, which are mot 
enough to meet the demands of the 
breeders, The Spauilh race preferve in 
Saxony all their origimal perfections; 
which is proved by the fpecimens of wool 
preferved for many years, and alfo by a 
compariion of new importations with. the 
ofispring of former ones. The Saxon go- 
vernment has been amply recompenced 
for its attention, and indernnified for its 
advances by the immenie advantages, 
which the country has thereby procared, 
Sheep-breeding is, indeer, the moft lu. | 
crative purfunt of the Saxon farmer; and 
the manufacturers, finding within their 
own limits the quantity and aaality of 
wool neceflary for their purpole, sre mo 
longer obbged to import from Spain; 
and are thereby freed from the difadvan- 
tages attendant on the chances of cor- 
merce. Saxony rears about 1,600,000 
fheep of all kinds; and of thefe about 
90,000 are at prefent af the Spamih and 
mixed breeds. ‘Yhefe produce not only 
the quantity of wool neceiiary for the 
fine manufactures of the country, bat 
even furnith a farpins egal te the mie- 
rior confumption, which iurplas is fold at 
the Leipzig fairs. 
(¢ PRUSSIA. 
“ Frederick the LI. who was not lefs 
famed for the wifdom of his adiamifra- 
tion, than for bis martial glory, and to 
whom Praflian agricniture is under great 
obligations, imtroduced frera Spam, m 
1786, a flock of one hundred yams’and 
two hundred ewes, defimed to improve 
the various breeds of lus kingdom. Se- 
veral Pruihan farmers have, fince that 
time, bought fheep of the Saxo-Spanaih 
kind ; in confequence of which the coun- 
try can now boaft of many flecks en- 
tirely compofed of fine-wocied animals, 
Government has encouraged this evident 
advantage, and has founded an inihtation 
for the purpofe, which is directed by Mir. 
Fink, a celebrated agricultusitt or Ger- 
many. ‘This gentleman hod begun the 
improvement in his own flock by the in-- 
troduction of fheep from Silefia, rermark- 
able for the fineneis of their fleece. He 
purfued his fyitem further by purchales 
from Saxony in 1768, and from Spain ym 
1778. By thefe progreflive means, Mr. 
Fink has fueceeded iu imparting finenets 
to the fleeces of Pruilian fheep, which 
were originally of the coarfeit quality. 
He has been imitated, with a refulé 
equally fatisfactory, by the Vount von 
A2 Alngnis, 
