The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Beeton

690. THE CHEVIOT.--From the earliest traditions, these hills in the

North, like the chalk-ridges in the South, have possessed a race of large-carcased sheep, producing a valuable fleece. To these physical advantages, they added a sound constitution, remarkable vigour, and capability to endure great privation. Both sexes are destitute of horns, face white, legs long and clean, carries the head erect, has the throat and neck well covered, the cars long and open, and the face animated. The Cheviot is a small-boned sheep, and well covered with wool to the hough; the only defect in this breed, is in a want of depth in the chest. Weight of the quarter, from 12 to 18 lbs. [Illustration: ROMNEY-MARSH RAM.] [Illustration: ROMNEY-MARSH EWE.]