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you remember) & your occasional advice. They were drove into the woods after the dew was off the Grass, drove back for the Man to get his dinner, & then taken out again till the close of the Evening, when they remaind in the yard for the night. During the three years I had them I do not recollect having a complaint of want of food from the Shepherd, but on the contrary when brought home earlier than usual, & finding fault with him for it, he said they were so soon full that they had lain down for hours - the uncommon success I had with them will prove the pasturage of my farm not 200 acres, & by no means a specimen of the general pasturage of that Country. Of the increase of the small Flock I landed, I gave you an account without noticing those I parted with.
If these few observations hastily thrown together are of any use to you, it will give pleasure to my dear Sir
Yours truly
H. Waterhouse
Captain McArthur