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C'A.silMlU CJOAT. 



TiiERK nrc many kiiuls of domestic Glont, and aiuonp; the most valuable of tlicsc 

 varieties is the celebrated Cvsinmi Goat, whose soft silky hair fm-nishes material 

 lor the soft and costly fabrics which arc so highly valued in all civilized lands. 



This animal is a native of Thibet and the neighbouring locality, but the Cashmir 

 shawls are not manufactured in the same land which supplies the material. The 

 fur of the Cashmir Goat is of two sorts ; a soft, woolly under coat of greyish hair, 

 and a coverinci; of lone: silken hairs that seem to defend the interior coat from the 

 effects of winter. The woolly nndcr coat is the substance from Avhich the Cashmir 

 shawls ai'c woven, and in order to make a single shawl, a yard-and-a-half square, 

 at least ten Goats are robbed of their natural covering. 



Attempts have been made to domesticate this useful animal in England, but 

 hithei-to without success. 



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