You may be sure that mutton is good when the flesh is rather black, and
the fat white; if the fat breaks easily, it is young.
The wether is much superior to the ewe.
You will know if a leg of mutton comes from a wether, if there is a
large and hard piece of fat on one side at the larger and upper end; if
from a ewe, that part is merely a kind of skin, with a little fat on it.