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THiyLUCKNOW: SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTAR1Q
'our Weekly
Dear'Friends Now, what to
tell you today! Ithink this will
'be a
Sheep Letter, I began Prom-
ising ;my$elf'. to, write one months
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But . first' a word of explanation.
I .expect you wonder why you are
reading about Christmas, in , Devon
one week, and about Scotland "the
next. Until around, Christn as.
lime, rnyletters were printed in
the . order" I sent' them — one ,a
week.:`' You will remember that
there were several. weeks during
the summer and falls when no
letters appeared for various'. good
reasons which you will understand
as I : do. Some • of my " summer
Iters, are at present in cold star-
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north. ;to south and; back again.
We, were in :Seotland in the sum-
mei- have been in Devon;
since October 25 and . expect to
be a few weeks, longer.
Sheepf ''They ' are our nearest
neighbours and a continued source
of interest,, entertainment' and •am
usement, ,especially ' since _.,t h e.
lambs began arriving. .;a bit,be-
fore Christmas;.. They are delight=
ful! They were so awkward' and
knobbly and; out' of proportion' at
first, Some .are beginning to look
quiteadolescent already and the
owner, is •beginning to have a cer-
tain calculating 'gleamIn his eye.
He sees them' in terms: of pounds,
shillings and , pence in. • another.
month ,or. , so! But right now I
love towatch 'them stretching,
struggling like a' baby to roll ov-
er, and sometimes kneeling. down.
to eat . grass -=' the `:lazy little
things.•
The 'lambs are, very. playful, , es-
pecially in the . sun. They play'.
King of the , Castle on a 'small
mound of earth and love pushing
each '.other off..'. They climb on
their mothers on the concrete, rol
er,' then ° tumble : off both and try
again immediately, They play Fol-
low 'the.Leader': around the'roll-
er too, and ' also- use it for a_
scratching post. The other day
two or three . got •branches of
brambles 'entangled in their 'wool
and looked -very: silly. When hav- place of wire fences: provide steel
ing .:a good meal, their little tails ter from: the wind in bad weat -
and • back :'ends. waggle in .glee er; •
.PEEWEE, SQUIRT'
HOUSE' LEAGUE
(Intended For Last Week)' '
Hamilton's Fuels defeated ,:Sch
mid's and ' Ashton's, 6-4, Goals
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for milton's•went to John .Mac -
Ken* , with. four •and • Steven
Hackett ,.and Bob Greer with one
each. Goals for Sclunid's and '
Ashton's . were scored. by ' John •
Fmberlin with three and Brian,
Jardine one,
Chisholm's Imperials; defeated
Hall's Red and White, 4-2. Doug
Stevenson Scored three and'' Bob
Mall one for .the ` Irriperials. Neil
Taylor and. Almer Ackert scored
for Red and . White,
Standing: Hamilton's Fuels,
19, . Chishohn's Imperials 17,. Sch-
mid's.. and Ashton's, :10; Hall's.
Red and .White. 6.
and .in other parts there is Scar-
cely .standing.. room, you 'would
think. . ,
In most' ; of :Britain, the sheep.
are in the field's all winter. Down.:.
here there is not much snow or
frost, and , . there ' is plenty " of
grass. The. sheep are also pastur-
ed on turnip or swede tops grown
for that "purpose. One field here.
has barley,' growing after the.
combining': also,' good 'pasture.,
On the high •moors and in the
north, ; the pasture .has to ' be sup-
plemented, 'and during : the bad
winter two Years ago bales of
hay were somethnes, dropped Were helicopter when the roads. ; were
impassable. And I can . see. how•
hedges, banks and; 'stone walls in
and satisfactions ' And 'speaking 'of
little :tails they become little
by the&application of ,a '`,small
tight, : rubber ring applied at birth,
which; :cuts off circulation to the
tail. ,:In the first day or • two ''of •
life, the lambs. 'are given `needles'
just like ' babies, as . inoculation.
against • six • diseases of sheep.
.These; last two, are specified , by
law:
•
One ` of ;; the ` Christmas •.' Carols
speaks of 'silly' sheep, . but they
are not always so silly, One ;mor
ning on Skye; we saw" them. going ,
into:. a field. There was a car on
the .lanewayand one sheeprr wept
up to it several times bat di".
not, pass it until re-inforcements
arrived. ' Several, • times,I' w
sheep packed in :trucks, ' going -id
market: /They, ,,did ,not look 'silly
then — rathe`; : puzzled' . and .pa-
thetic.
Manyplaces, in moorland's aid•
wilder countrysidesthere are no
fences ' along the '; roads and driv-
ers are warned to watch for stray
animals In . most places, the an-
imals are . sheep. One: '. place in
Yorkshire, : we saw them sleeping
in the purple ' heather a 'lovely:
sight,. Near Robin 'Hood's Bay,
the : sheep' : were branded' .w i t it
green' on their tails.. Did you ever
see a flock of green -tailed sheep?
• •Then we are „amused at • the
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Move . off by a common ' impulse
in ,one direction, 'after.being scat-
tered . all 'over a , field • for hours:
Here. they ,move' in a wave like
a. silvery masse of animated val
eritines ' -- as seen, from the rear!
After a move •like' that it is fa&
cinating to see. - and hear the
families ,. :get, sorted •. out ' again..,
One -day, out 'here, I saw a Mag-
pie on the back of one of the . ewes
and the baby lamb was watching
it ,.speculatively., One evening a
'lamb' :,was` crying beside o u r
Dorm.. Itwas on the wrong side'
'of the fence, so' I went 'for .Tom,
the 'shepherd, who .put it back , in:
the. field;
'One day tip in Scotland we saw,
a . lamb sleeping .on top of a stone
wall: by the roadside. Nearby was,
another . on . `sentry go' looking.
"very alert. That : sane • day we
saw' one with' same bracken a-
round its neck,: I must say IT.
looked rather silly! One other'.
day,' we saw' al flock of • sheep
lying on a greens hill,' all .facing
west. Another day we saw :a tiny
black lamb lying among daisies,
buttercups 'and red top grass
another lovely sight,' Still another
..day, I remember driving toward
a fine waterfall like a shimmer -s
ing veil'of silk, near it a roadside
quarry and on top, of the quarry
edge, some sheep silhouetted a-
gainst a blue sky. In some parts
of the eountry' there are rot many
sheep on a ' fairly ratge pasture,'
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