. SHEEP OF THE PYRENEES. Germany has twenty-eight million sheep, some parts of it exceeding the average number per square mile existing in Great Britain, viz., three hundred. It imports a large quantity of wool foil' its extensive manufactures. The system of herd- ing sheep oai the poor only has the effect of seriously cur- tailing the value of this interest, and the native grown wool is of the inferior qualities. But many of the rich land owners possess valuable flocks, especially of the small breeds of Merinos whose fleeces are exceedingly fine but of light weight. Italy still preserve
. SHEEP OF THE PYRENEES. Germany has twenty-eight million sheep, some parts of it exceeding the average number per square mile existing in Great Britain, viz., three hundred. It imports a large quantity of wool foil' its extensive manufactures. The system of herd- ing sheep oai the poor only has the effect of seriously cur- tailing the value of this interest, and the native grown wool is of the inferior qualities. But many of the rich land owners possess valuable flocks, especially of the small breeds of Merinos whose fleeces are exceedingly fine but of light weight. Italy still preserves the ancient fashion of migratory flocks; the sheep so kept are of the Merino variety, of which the largest number make up a majority of the seven million possessed by this nation. In the mountains there are a
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