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sheepfold, compared with that of another flock equal in number, are, at least, double the amount. All that has been done at Esrom since 1800, to improve the native breed of sheep, had been long before practiced by Mr. Hoegh, on a scale proportioned to his means. He scruples not to lend rams among his neigh­ bours, from his excellent English stock, or dispose of lambs to them at a fair price. The appearance of this part of the country strongly marks the beneficial exertions of the first Count Bernstorfl', on which Mailing thus expresses himself: “ In the year 1764, the villages Gientofte,