"This is a valuable sort of sheep, which Culley has distinguished by
having no horns; gray faces and legs; fine bones; long, small necks; and
by being rather low before, high on the shoulder, and light in the fore
quarter; sides good; loin tolerably broad; back-bone rather high; thigh
full; twist good; mutton fine in grain and well flavored; wool short,
very close and fine; in the length of the staple from two to three
inches. It is a breed which prevails on the dry, chalky downs in Sussex,
as well as the hills of Surrey and Kent, and which has lately been much
improved, both in carcass and wool, being much enlarged forward,
carrying a good fore flank; and for the short, less fertile, hilly
pastures is an excellent sort, as feeding close. The sheep are hardy,
and disposed to fatten quickly; and where the ewes are full kept, they
frequently produce twin lambs, nearly in proportion of one third of the
whole, which are, when dropped, well wooled.