Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-07-28
ANECDOTES OF SHEEP.

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The Sheep has scnrcely any marked charac-
ter save thai of natural affection, Of which II
possesses very great share. II is otherwise
a stupd, indiffpp ent animal, having few wants
and fewer expedie9ts. The old black faced,
or forest breed, have far more powerful Ca
pahllnies ihanany OF The finer breeds iha
have been introduced into Scotland, and there
fore the lew anecdotes that | have 10 relate
shall be conhned TO them.
have heard of sheep returning from York
shire 10 the Highlands. This is certain, that
when one, or Il few sheep, get away from The
rest of their acquaintance, ihry return home
ward with great eagerness and perseverance,.
| have lived beside a drove Tosd the better
part of my life, and many straggIers have
seen bending their steps nolthward IN tue
spring Of the year. A shepherd rarely sees
the iourneyers twice. lfhe sees them, and
stops them in the morning, hey are gone long
before nip and If he se.s them at night
hey v i'll be gone many miles before morning..
This strong attachment 10 tue place OF their
nativity is much more predominant IN our a.
boriglnal breed, than in any oil The other KINDS
" Ii viii. h | am acquainted.
A shepherd in BIackhouse bought fe"
she, u i,um another in Craw mel, about ten
mile, distant. In the spring following, one oi
tina ewes went back to her native place, and
VP0UeU on n villa MA Nhllcb Nlu"hSh
! On crrtfin day shout the beginning OF July
| following, the shepherd vent aud brought
! home his eve aad handbook The 1eece from
~ eve, AMI kept the lamb for one OF his
| stork The lamb lived aud thIoye, anu never
oHpl ed 10 leave homs, 5nt when thIee years OIL
age. and about to have her iirsi lamb she van
Ish-d and the morning alter the Cfawmel Shep-
heid, in going HIS rounds found her WIN "e"
| vpaued lamb ON the very gar tlne law" 'e
| 22,,a,o where she WAS LANDED hersth She re-
! manned there All toe first week o' jury, 'ne
! lime when she " as brought a iamo htFoeiJ a"o
,,'.n h., came nome with hers Of her o~n ac-
cord and this custom she continued a"nuA,y
Win the greatest punctuaity as long as she
,I A, lenyth her lambs, when they came
nfaoe began the same practice, ana oe
shsphecd was obliged TO dispose oi Tue w1o'e
| breed. .a, oF.c,ion
Ia, with regard TO their natural Stec'ion'
the instances that might be mentioned are """'
ont oumber. stupid aud a,t'oniess creatures
| as thev are When one loses us slsh' !"
| Aock Of short sheep it IS rarely aoan"o"eu W
- i; ,b., houeie,s aud helpless state.
same one always attaches hseii W IT. '''u "
! IIaa,iug calls il back from the preclP'Ce'
the lake. the pool, and ala dangers "na'e'. .
| Ihre is another moniteS p'o''si'" % no
tune with regard 10 these an''n"i,' ,;.,
! the limos Ihhp'V ~
tno, ted tAe greater their kindness a"o a"' IT,
ton to tueir ouus. once hefded two year
ON wild and bare farm, called Hh,e"s,ee,S"
| ,ho border of Mid Lotbion, and OF hh 'o
hem I .v,r saw these we're The kindes' O ihos'
aFe ctlona,e To their young. vas Often oeer,y
affected al scenes which "ilheSssu '"e'''
nad one very hard winter. 80 'Hdi ou' '"p
pew lean in the spring, ehd '"e VI >
/ "a sor, of paralyIic ahscto") ch n,eo among
'hem. aud carried off Number o''en no'e :
seen ,hese poor victims when falling Gown 70
r,se no more, even when unable 20 M ''e"
heads from the ground, holdng up Tue its' ~
,ny,le tue staryiug lamb 70 tue 'ss.a '.'''
n,,,snce that the udder still couiu Supp :
! haye never seen aught more Pal"i"ny anee''
ling. c.stom with
.hsnherds. when II lamb dies, III ne 'no'"e' w.,
snitic ,ency Of milk, 10 b'ng her 10 a'a p' ura
a,har lamb 10 her. have des6iioeu 'ne -
~ .s somewhere else lit is done BY putting ,n'
49,, of the dead lamb upon the 's"'s o"e =,
s@a Immediately acknowledge the f.ia''oas''
aod al,e, ,he skin has warned On IT. ~