Southdown sheep
Feb 23, 2022
2 minutes
by John Ellman
Jack Watkins
‘They were the linear descendants of sheep that had been grazing the Downs since Neolithic times’
ONE of the most charming passages in Gilbert White’s is his letter to Daines Barrington of December 1773, reflecting on how, despite having travelled the Sussex Downs for more than 30 years, he still investigated ‘that chain of majestic mountains with fresh admiration year by year’. White
You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.
Start your free 30 days