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~64 APPRNDIX.the lambs, either their OWR or fostered on, tp suck them *, in a deft stick. A'fter twoor th1'ee times they desist fl'oth resisting them.The breeding rams are kept· apart from the main fiock of males, as these are fromthe ewes; the fil'st-mentioned being always placed, and requiringtobeso, in the bestpasture that ifS 'to be had. They require more food, and are less active to seek it titanthe ewest.Valuet yeady of each Merina to its owner, one real and a half, de Vellon; to theking, six reals aqd a half: total gross profit. upon five million Merinas pel' annum,seventy-five millions of reals ;-thirty-two· millions and a half to thl;:. king; .seven millions·and a half to the wool-growers; the other thirty-five millions to thé.p~lblic.Of the quality of wool of differentplaces, Leon isSegovia, .ncxtSoria,. and lastCu~m~a.Of the wool, the best is that of the ribs, beginning fourfingers .pelow the back-bone,down to the ends of the l'ibs, and from the elbow to the fiank; this is named nfina§.The second is that of tlie breast, loins, fiat of the neck, some best of the breeching,and between the elbows; this is calledfino.The third is. that of the beîly, fiat of the neck, which is co..equal with the best ofthe breeching above recited, pack of the neck, behind the ears to the witners. Theregt on the beUX affords a fourth sort, if dean; ifnot, it is rejected; as is the case withihat of the insides of the hind legs. The refuse Il, that. betw~en the legs, Îs not re-.. 1'0 foster on a lamb, they tie the ewe, andat night compel her to give suck to th~ lantb two orthree times, having put on the lamb the skin of the dead one, and sprinkled itover with salt.. In theday the lamb goes to its owI} mother, apd is thus doubly nursed; for apie~e (it";tné'iisltiiîiâbovementionedbeingleft round its neck, the f()st~J:-ewesti}.1t Six rams to every hundred ewes ; more if. thepasturé is rugged. The rams are left with tl1e ewesfor a monthor eix weeks if necessary. The late lambs are pUJ on prime pasture, to rnake the wholeyoung Bocks of the year as even as possible.t The dutYupon the wool paidto the crown is to tlrtl net profitofthè ownerasmore tItanJour to one.§ Care shouldbe taken in choosinga rarn, that he has not coarsewool herei ()rhairy.WooL.-Ist. Of the ribs(rttfina).2d.Between the elbows, loins, fiat of the. neck, and dry of the breeching (jino).M. Belly, fiat of the neck, correspondent in value with the dry of the breo,hairy part, pic1l.ed O1,~t of the nner qua·,lities.