. The breeds, management. ther moreslight in their make : their wool was crimped, but not quiteso thick as the Paular or Negretti; nor were their skins soloose as the Negretti and Acqueirres, nor had they so muchwool on their faces and legs. The yolk of this breed is or-ange-colored, and their lambs, when first dropped, have acoal of coarse wool. This cavana consisted of 50,000sheep, and had formerly belonged to the Crown of Spain :but when Philip II built the Escurial Palace, he gave themto the friars, whom he placed in the convent that was at-tached to the palace, as a source of revenue. The
. The breeds, management. ther moreslight in their make : their wool was crimped, but not quiteso thick as the Paular or Negretti; nor were their skins soloose as the Negretti and Acqueirres, nor had they so muchwool on their faces and legs. The yolk of this breed is or-ange-colored, and their lambs, when first dropped, have acoal of coarse wool. This cavana consisted of 50,000sheep, and had formerly belonged to the Crown of Spain :but when Philip II built the Escurial Palace, he gave themto the friars, whom he placed in the convent that was at-tached to the palace, as a source of revenue. The EscurialPalace is 12 miles north-west of Madrid. For a more par-ticular description of this breed, see Saxon Sheep. The Montarcos were owned by the Conde d Montar-co. They bore a considerable resemblance to the Escu-rials ; but their yolk is more abundant, and more adhe-sive ; it is of a light bluish pearl color, and their lambs,when first dropped, are covered with a thick, coarse wool,resembling hair. 62 EUROPEAN GUADALOTJPE BREED. The Guadaloupe flock is rather larger in the bonothan the Escurial and Montarco breeds, about the sameheight, but not quite so handsomely formed; their woolwas thick and crimped, their skins loose and doubling, theirfaces and legs not materially different from the Escurialand Montarcos, but, in general, they were more gummedthan either of the other (five) flocks. The Escurials,the Montarcos, and the Guadaloupes, were not, in general,so heavy-horned as the other three flocks, and about onein six of the bucks were without horns. In point of fineness, there was very little difference be-tween these six flocks : and as I have been told by well in-formed persons, there is very little difference in this respectamong the Leonesa Transhumantes in general.—(W. Jar-vis.) M. Lasteyrie says: The Gaudaloupe have the mostperfect form, and are likewise celebrated for the quantityand quality of their wool. The Paulars have much wool EUROPEAN SHEEP. 63 of
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