Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . of wolves—staying behind to protect fee-ble and lagging sheep, &c. In the Memoirs of the Pennsylvania Agricul-tural Society, there is a communication from the well-known John HareTowell, Esq., of Philadelphia, from which the following are extracts : The first importations of Merino sheep were accompanied by some of the lar^e atdpowerful dogs of Spain, possessing all the valuable characteristics of the English shepherd* dog, .with sag
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . of wolves—staying behind to protect fee-ble and lagging sheep, &c. In the Memoirs of the Pennsylvania Agricul-tural Society, there is a communication from the well-known John HareTowell, Esq., of Philadelphia, from which the following are extracts : The first importations of Merino sheep were accompanied by some of the lar^e atdpowerful dogs of Spain, possessing all the valuable characteristics of the English shepherd* dog, .with sagacity, fidelity and strength peculiar to themselves Their ferocity, wheB aroused by any intruder, their attachment to their own flock, and devotion to their master,would, in the uncultivated parts of America, make them an acquisition of infinite value, byaffording a defence against wolves, which they readily kill, and vagrant cur dogs, by whichour flocks are often destroyed. The force of their instinctive attachment to sheep, and theiiresolution in attacking every dog which passes near to their charge, have been forciblyevinced upon my form. Fig. AKROGANTK—A SPANISH SHEEP-DOG Arrogante, whose portrait is above given with admirable fidelity, ivaaImported from Spain with a flock of Merinos, a number of years since, bya gentleman residing near Bristol, England. His subsequent owner,Francis Rotch, Esq., of this State, thus describes him in a letter to me,which, though not intended for publication, I will venture to make a fpwextracts from : I have, as you desired, made you a sketch of the Spanish sheep-dog Arrogante, and avillainous looking rascal he is. A worse countenance I hardly ever saw on a dog. Hissmall blood-shot eyes, set close together, give him that sinister, wolfish look, which is mostanattractive ; but his countenance is indicative of his character. There was nothing affec-tionate or joyous about him. He never forgave an injury or an insult: offend him, and it
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