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horſes are more tender or delicate than horſes of another co- lour in the feet.

* If he(horſe) has one white foot, buy him; 1f he has two, you may try him;; If he has three, look ſhy at him;

But if he has four, go by him.

Sheep.==Although the hilly parts of this county are well adapted for the purpoſe of rearing ſheep, yet this important branch of huſbandry has not here arrived to that degree of perfeCion which it might.

The ſheep commonly paſtured on the Cleiſh hills are ge- nerally brought from Linton in the beginning of ſummer, and moſt of them are ſold before winter. The profit upon them is about 28. each. They are black faced and coarſe woolled. This is ſuppoſed to be the hardieſt kind of ſheep; yet a ſevere winter generally carries off a conſiderable num- ber 3; the farmers not being at ſufhcient care to feed them in that ſeaſon, and thoſe that ſurvive are ſo much weakened as ſcarcely to recover their ſtrength for a great part of the fol Jowing ſummer. Much more profit might be made from them were they properly managed. The hills afford excel- lent paſture, and ſeem to be adapted for a better breed. The wool taken from the ſheep, the year they are brought from the ſouth, is commonly ſold at about 65. 8d. per ſtone tron weight,(22 lib. avoirdupois). Wool from the ſame ſheep is, the year following, ſold at 135. per ſtone. The difference of price is owing to the foulneſs of the former wool, which is ſmeared and loſes conſiderably in weight in ſcouring. Smear- ing is little praCtiſed here, though it is ſaid to improve the Äneneſs of the wool and the health of the ſheep.

On the Lomond hills in the pariſh of Portmoak, the ,..cep are moſtly of the white faced kind, which, by experience, are

found to thrive beſt on this paſture« They are very hardy, bur