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other breeds of them carry wool, or at leaft fleeces which 

 admit of being Ihorn like the wool of fheep, and applied 

 to the fame purpofes in arts. How many kinds of ani- 

 mals may be arranged under this head I know not, but 

 the following feem to be undeniable. 



I ft. The dog. — I. Clofe ftiff Ihort haired : a variety of 

 breeds common. 2. Long foft haired breeds : the Eng- 

 lifh fpaniel ; Newfoundland dog, &c. 3. Woolly breeds : 

 a dog that is by no means rare in this place ; but the 

 particular name I know not. It muft be Ihorn every 

 year, and yields a fleece as clofe as that of any fheep, 

 and finer than many of them. 



2d. The goat. — i. With fhort ftiflf hair common. 

 2. With long coarfe fliagged hair, common alfo. The 

 goats of this fort have in general fome very fine wool 

 growing among the hair. The Thibet goat, from which 

 the Indian fliawl w^ool is obtained, belongs to this clafs : 

 I had fome of them in my hands very lately. 3. Goat 

 carrying a fleece of wool : the Angora goat, fome of 

 which 1 lately faw in Lancafliire. 



3d. The ox {Bos tribe). — i. Clofe ftifF haired kinds, 

 common. N. B. I faw two days ago a bull of the Zedu 

 kind, which had a very clofe pile of exceed ingfhort hair, 

 not above half an inch, but fo thick fet, that it ap- 

 peared to be liker a deer-Ikin than any thing elfe. This 

 animal has been in Britain feveral years. A cow of the 

 fame fort was brought over wdth him from India, which 

 has had a bull and a cow-calf. There are alfo about a 

 dozen calves by the fame bull with common cows. The 

 creature is extremely gentle, ftrong, ftands well on his 

 legs, which are clean and finewy ; is in every refpe£t 

 handfome but for the hump on his fhoulder. The great- 

 eft peculiarity is a deep dewlap, confifting of two loofe 

 fliins only, that can be eafily feparated by the hand, like 

 U 2 a bag. 



