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{& The following Report was-received and read from Mr; 
Joyce, and the Cloth brought for Infpe&tion. 
ART. XXXI. 
A Statement of an Experimental Process of Ma- 
nufacture, to ascertain the Value of Encuisx 
Woox from Sheep of a Spanish Mixture. 
[By Mr. Joxce.] 
In a Letter to the SECRETARY. 
| SIR, Dunkirk-Factory, Dec. 1, 1198. 
Ms Berienipti age tothe requeft of the meeting in 
November laft, I have the pleafure to fend 
you, for the infpection of the gentlemen at the 
Annual Meeting, the cloth made from the wool I 
received from you, of the mixture of a Spanifh Ram 
and South-Down Ewe. 
As this wool was not wafhed, either before or 
after it was fhorn, there has been confequently a con- 
“fiderable wafte in it; but not more than what gene- 
rally takes place in the Spanifh wool. The wafte in 
this latter depends entirely, as I underftand, on the 
ftate of the flocks at the time of fhearing. \f they re- 
ceive much wet in their paflage from Eftremadura to 
the wafhing-grounds, the arobe of 25]bs. in greafe 
may render from $ilbs. to rolbs. in white; but if 
they be fhorn dry, and in good condition, it will 
yield 2 or 3 Ibs. more. After we receive the wool 
into 
