. Merino Buck. Varieties of the Spanish Sheep, Besides several other breeds of sheep in Spain, consisting of long, coarse wool, and that o'f a medium staple, embraced under the different names of Chorinoes, Choaroes or Chunahs, the Merino is dis'inguished by two general divisions; the Transhumantes or travelling, and the JEstantes or stationary flocks. The former are subdivided, acco-ding to the Provinces they occupy, into Leonese, Segovian, and Sorian. Many of the Estantes were of the best quality in respect to carcass, constitution, and fleece; and such as were highly bred and in the hands o
. Merino Buck. Varieties of the Spanish Sheep, Besides several other breeds of sheep in Spain, consisting of long, coarse wool, and that o'f a medium staple, embraced under the different names of Chorinoes, Choaroes or Chunahs, the Merino is dis'inguished by two general divisions; the Transhumantes or travelling, and the JEstantes or stationary flocks. The former are subdivided, acco-ding to the Provinces they occupy, into Leonese, Segovian, and Sorian. Many of the Estantes were of the best quality in respect to carcass, constitution, and fleece; and such as were highly bred and in the hands of intelligent breeders, were not surpassed by any of the Spanish flocks. There were also many choice sheep among the Segovian and Soiian Transhumantes, but m gen- eral they were decidedly inferior to those of Leon. These last were universally regarded as the prime flocks of Spain. They comprised the Escurial, the Paular, the Nigretti, the
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