Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1811-10-22

particularly if the food and air invicorate
| at the very time that the climate braces
the Hbres Ii is faid that the wool &c the
com mon iheep is fornetimes coarfer, as he
is either well or i'll fed. This may hap
pen 1t ne is either fiekly or in full health
OF II the weather is more or lefs cold
, when the young wool protrudes through
'he skin if In that aate it is comprciIed,
IT VIII be ene, lift finds an eafy paiTage
II Will OF o. 'te and as the wool Of con-
ri'@ ,heep IS an annual production, i, may
i'e'pens '' vary. But the fleece which
never lever '1us o&>tnua be lubjetf to very few
changes Il mayae longer or ihorter, bat
the root being the fans it will probably
be liable to no changes bet fuch as ariis
from the greater or lefs competition Of
the skin through which it paGes. Colo
then VIII have tendency to render the
"'ool fine heat and moiRure to make it
coArie. The marten, the grey squirrel,
me common fox, &c. have much finer fur
10 Siberia and Hudton's Bay, than thew
have In Virginia or Penfylvania, and YET
they are exactly the fame animal. It is
true. the men of very high latirud.s have
iimilar hair to thofe near the line,
and probably this is owing to the fame
cauie In hummer they ARE expofed 10
the continued rays of the fun. without the
intervention of night, which mua greatly
relax them their wintcr-is continued
night, In which the children at leaf are
confined TO a fmosky hut; their diet is
bender and relaxing and the general ha-
bit of covering their heads antT creating
their bodies mutt necenarily tenh to un.
brace the skir and give an cay pa1ape
to the hair. We find an exact snaloey be.
tween the effect of climate upor the cover
ing OF iheep and that of other auadrupeds.
he iheeP under the line are hairy as
you go north they become wholly, and
farther noI'h the wool j, inett; the bea
wool IN Germany is that of Saxony. The
MOTT climate of England and Ireland pro-
duces long and coayfe wool. 1t is true
thar tine wool is alto found in Pesifa, and
IN Caiiimere and Thibc5. dut aiy IS on,
in the very cold ano u o1ntslous par,s IS
.no,S ceun.EiSss -l, s=,.Ssegf
eoaTIe- Haircd, bur tn have aa,o,y ~.
na,i a coat OF extremely dne wool they
are the Moufon, or Argali, aimoR +
mel, ,he,F native fate, in 4hicb msn has take
iietic PANS to cultivate ehe wool AZ the -
Penie OF the hair, bu permitted them to
grow together and indeed In thai care ;t
IS Deli adapted 70 the wants Of tbe ;rh,b;
'an,s' who Know noc the ufe of the loo,, hrt
we4f Inc KIN of, the lheep in whici, cal. ,ro
'he hair is as ufeful as the wool. tn- :,
fects them, as it did its or;g;nal o,nrs.
Ssa'ni' rain and fnow, which would ps,e
t !. the woe! were it not covered nv ,
,uftolt OF hair {; it is then probable ,b,t
ire MeFino fheep does not owe It's necnl;a,
eAseiiepce to rho climate of Spain or -
= tne mode OF treatment. Spsin, asI have
''iA, contains great number Of lore
wooled iheep, in every refoea dif<rent frnn
nc Herlno the cl imst tie has had No go,
IN meliorating their heeces; the n;ars
y non aoes not contribute toit. Thcy have
u Various parts of Spain, and particularly !
N haranadura, Merinoes that never N;
s'ate' and Whole wool is not inf rinr r.
mar OF fhe migrating fheep; and thev
ave oosh In France and Italy migratins
heeP whole wool is not fine.
When nature forms chance !, ,n,.
Pecies OF plants or animals, it dee, f. w.
y howly, and always in fucb wsv =.
etter to adapt them to the clima;. -
'hich they are to be naturalized. Th,s
1me plants which are perennial !, u.s.
lilna,es' oofh root and branch are snnual,i
colder ones; or while the roots Of Others
, >, the winter, their iterns are ANN
Wy renewed. The fame plant will form
Tree IN one climate and a fhrub in ,,o
ier: lhis l have myfelf witneGed IN
&c ns, which l have feen of the Gze oil
bearing aPple-tree, while little more ,
''tn 1t was fhrub of moderate fizc. I'll
len the fur ofquadrupeds and the hal, rs /
an are inner in high than in low latitude, r.
ny, II the climate effects asy change 2 E
.erinoes, ihould it not be for the better , {
~ own experience has not been Go GREAT G
10 Permi' me to build much upon /, i
zee my iheeP were only introduced in i
oz but as far as it goes, il leads me il
oel1eve in the amelioration of tbe 1bee,, {,
iher from the effects of climate. n, fro1, Y
'ennon' The original Rock we're cho. T,
with. very peculiar care in France. af c,
f@'moft careful examination of the de. Il
husnts; they have improved in fze. r.
ipty OF form, and quantity and quality
inc heece' The two drt Improvements d
100 obvious to admit of the leaf b.
lot the 'ait requires 70 nice discrin- c,
non as to make the disiEon more diff
IN all but one infance, where the d;r ii
ence Is 10 aFiking as to be evident 70 lie
Try observer. Z; refer to ram lamb IS /,
'ait iPring, who is odt of an imported al