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Ewart writes that he is enclosing the proof and that he hopes to find Barclay at home on his next visit to Cambridge.

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Noble writes that he is expecting a visit from Elwes and that Ewart is welcome to stay too. He sees in The Field that Lydekker still believes that a certain breed of sheep are from South Africa although he has not been able to provide any proof, and that they were certainly in Britain 100 years before either of the flocks he mentions.

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Elwes suggests that he and Ewart write a joint paper on sheep. He proposes to visit and photograph each different variety of sheep if they are not mongrels. He has heard of a flock of Faroe sheep near Peterborough as well as sheep in Brittany and Iceland.

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Elwes provides some details of the 'dun-faced sheep' and suggests that Ewart impress on Claud Alexander the importance of photographing the results of his cross-breeding experiments, rather than breeding indiscriminately. He mentions the research of Professor Keller on the Bündner sheep of Switzerland and R.F Scharff in Ireland. He hopes to visit Ewart before going to Shetland.

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Elwes confirms the time of his visit to Ewart on his way to Shetland. He also wants to meet Wallace.

The year is not written on the letter.

Scope and Contents Elwes writes from Shetland that he has had a pleasant and successful trip seeing 'some of the best sheep in Shetland', although he fears that there are no pure Shetland sheep left. He provides details of the sheep he has purchased. He wishes to see Ewart on his journey south to arrange the forwarding of the ewe hoggs Elwes has bought from him. He urges Ewart to examine the wool which he addressed to Wallace at the University. The letter is undated but marked 'Sunday', which,...

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Elwes asks Ewart to confirm when he will be able to accommodate him on his return journey from Poltalloch on 16 September, and comments that he will shortly be leaving for Capenoch, Dumfriesshire.

The letter is undated, but as Elwes' Capenoch trip was likely to have occurred on 9th September, this letter presumably dates from around 7th September 1911.

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Elwes writes concerning his lost book. He also asks Ewart to confirm when he would be available to accommodate him on his return from Poltalloch on 16th. He remarks that he goes to Capenoch, Dumfriesshire, Saturday till Monday.

The letter is undated, although marked 'Friday', which should place it the day before Elwes' trip to Capenoch on Saturday 9th September 1911.

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Elwes writes that he has just returned from Formosa and invites Ewart to visit him in time for the shearing of the ewes. He will also invite Lort and Bateson to settle which rams are to be kept for future experiments.

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Elwes writes that some of his sheep have already been shorn owing to the prevalence of fly on them. He asks Ewart to confirm when he will be visiting, as he wishes to choose which ram lambs to keep as soon as possible. He would like to stay with Ewart and see the Shetland sheep at his friends' place on his way to Aberdeen.