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)yitho.ut trouble or expence, to make whatever ex^ 

 peril nents, w? may incline in improving the breeds 

 of domeftiek animals^ either upon a large or a Imall 

 fcale, as circumftances Ihall require. This peculi-. 

 arity, duly aitended to and properly improved, 

 would, in a fhort time, give to Britain the full, and 

 in a. great meafure the exclufive poflcffion of wool, 

 finer in quality than that not only of any other pare 

 of Europe, but even fuperior to any that can now 

 be obtained in fufEcient quantity for manufadures 

 in any part of the globe. Thus would our woollen 

 fabricks become fuperior in quality, and inferior in 

 price, to thofe that could come into a competition 

 with them in any part of the univerfe. Nor are 

 thefe idle theoretical conjectures, but undeniable 

 fadls, founded on the fure bails of experience and 

 found reafoning. Let us nor, therefore, longer neg- 

 le6b to avail ourfelves of thefe fingular advantages 

 that heaven ha:h fo bountifully conferred upon us! 

 The means are eafy, as the end is great. 



To elfecluate thefe defirable purpofes, I beg leave 

 to propofe, that a fociety fbould be inftituted under 

 the name odi'he Society for improving the quality of 

 Britijh Wool This fociety to be conftituted on the 

 fame general plan with that of the Society of Arts 

 in London 3 to confift of an indefinite number of 

 fnernbers, each of whom (hould contribute One 



Guinea 



