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The only other animal that occurs to me, as car- 

 lying a fleece ufeful in our manufadlure, is the 

 Angora goat.* This kind of goat has been reared 

 .in France and in Sweden; in both which places it 

 thrives as well as in its native country, and carries 

 tJie fame kind of longfilky fleece. There cannot 

 therefore be a doubt but it would thrive here alfo : 

 and it could be kept from intermixing with other 

 breeds of goats in the fame way as the fheep. It is 

 probable the moft rocky and inacceflible iflands, 

 if fl:ocked with this clafs of animals, would return a 

 much greater profit than they could be made to 

 yiel^ in any other way, were the fleece fold even 

 at pnly Jialf the price it now yields in Britain. 

 This ammal therefore feems to be highly deferving 

 the attention of the fociety. 



To be prepared for receiving and propagating 

 tliefe different breeds of animals when they can be 

 obtained, it will be n^ceflary for the fociety, im- 

 mediately after its inftitution, to provide a proper 

 theatre for thefe experiments. Many places might 

 be pointed out as being well adapted for the pur- 



• I liopc no apology will 1 e thought neceflary for taking notice of 

 iljpfe animals, which are not rri<5lly ol the fheep race. In a difqui- 

 fition of this kind It Is the natrre of ^lie material, not the clafs of ani- 

 mals which p:oducej it, that ought to b. cl.iefly adverted to. A 

 thefe material are iufficiently aunlogous to be, without impropriety, 

 admitted luthis ellav. 



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