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 to have been no sheep in some of the counties, but very many goats. It was not until the middle of the century had passed that the records of Lower Norfolk contain references to sheep, but the listed property in live stock reveals from an earlier date the presence of a large number of goats in each district of that county.

The references to horses in the county records just previous to 1649 are rare, because at this period there were still very few in the Colony. The returns from the districts of the several collectors in Lower Norfolk show, that in 1647 only five were enumerated in that county for taxation.