Now the means propofed, I think, would be 

 effedual and profitable to thofe who Ihould under- 

 take the defign. 



Let any company of clothiers take a ten or twelve 

 year's leafe of as many fcattalds (paftu re- grounds) 

 as poflible, with all the Iheep upon them. Let 

 fome Ihepherds be got from Scotland, (I would not- 

 truft a Zetlander) who know the management of 

 Iheep in fnowy hills, and who could be trufted with 

 another's property. Let there be wool-forters got; 

 and as the Zetlanders are the beft fpinners in Bri- 

 tain, let the wool be Ipun, and yarn fent to Eng- 

 land, for veft-pieces, &c. &c. By this their num- 

 bers would increafe, and the overplus would belong 

 to the company ; and it would become beneficial 

 to the ifland in giving employment to the poor, 

 many of whom are now ftarving for want. Even 

 other branches of trade might be carried on by the 

 fame company to their own and the country's mu- 

 tual advantage; — an account of which I will readily 

 give, if ever it be required. 



ON THE FINENESS OF WOOL. 



For the fuperior finenefs of the Zetland wool, 

 there are many conjeftures 5— but I am of opinion, 



there 



