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serve consideration, how far a trial might be made, at firstupon a small scale, with rams of the first or second cross be-tween Merinos and Ryclands. Dr Parry, it is well known,has brought the wool of this variety to an equal degree offineness with that of the pure Merinos , while the carcase ismuch better than that of the sire. His sheep have been formany years accustomed to the climate of England, and tothe same management with the English breeds; and there isreason to believe from that gentleman’s experiments, thathis rams of the fourth cross, may be depended on for commu-nicating their properties to their offspring. Instead of be-ginning with them, however, a cross with rams one-half orthree-fourths Merino might be first tried; and by deepercrosses afterwards, the wool might be raised to any degreeof fineness which circumstances might render advisable.

SECT. VI.

OF THE DISTEMPERS OF SHEEP.

The distempers of sheep have been of late more attended tothan those of cattle, though there is still much need for fur-ther information. The Highland Society, several years ago,offered their gold medal, of the value of forty guineas, forthe best Essay on this subject, which called forth many valu-able communications. These, after having been compressedinto one memoir, by Dr Duncan junior of Edinburgh , werepublished in the Transactions of the Society. Mr James Hogg ,one of the competitors, who has had long experience in themanagement of sheep, afterwards published “ The Shep-herd’s Guide;” and more lately, Sir George Stuart Macken-zie has given to the public a vory valuable “ Treatise on theDiseases and Management of Sheep, with Introductory Re-