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many of them have colored legs and faces; especially those which I have seen, on the upland districts of East Kent: in Romney Marsh, they have less color; being mostly white.

The characteristics, of the Romney-Marsh variety, of the East-Kent breed of sheep, are the length of their legs, and the depth of their paunches: characteristics which belong to the old neglected breed of the Midland Counties.

The most striking—ifferential character, belonging to these two distinct breeds of sheep, in a state of neglect, is the size oF BONE; that of the Kent breed being much the finest. And, from the opportunities, that I

of the South Hams, and has long been employed in the same manufacture;—namely, the species of serge which is peculiar, I believe, to the West of England. Hence, the MARKET for Kent wools have been EXETER; un- til lately; when the demand for that manufacture be- coming lessened, by the war with Spain, other markets have been sought for; and it is now(1797), I under- stand, sent principally into YORKSHIRE. It has never, I was informed, by a principal dealer in Marsh wool, found its way to the market of NoRWICH: a strong evidence that it wants either length, or fineness of hair, for the finer worsted manufactures.