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breeds of fllcep, there is a quantity of wool, of an 

 exceeding fine quality, which may be feparated from 

 it about the month of June, by combing, ^rom 

 this circumftance, it would feem that this wool, like 

 the wool of the fheep, rifes from the fkin, and be- 

 comes loofened from it, while the hair ftill adheres 

 firmly to it. Of the finenefs and quality of this 

 kind of wool, you may fatisfy yourfelf, by examin- 

 ing the fmall ihred of a little web that will accompany 

 this, of that kin'd of wool, which was manufactured 

 under my eye here lafl fummer. There was as much 

 of it as made three fuU-fized fliawls and a waiftcoat- 

 piece, from whence the pattern fent was cut. The 

 chain is filk, as there was too little materials to make 

 it of wool. Thefe ftiawls were compared with the 

 finefl: India fliawls that could be found in this place, 

 and were deemed fofter than any of them. The 

 fliawl wool in India is precifely of the fame nature, 

 and is obtained from the Thibet goat. I have exa- 

 mined fome Thibet goats in this country, and find 

 their hair rather longer and coarfer than the common 

 European goat, from which it diifers little. If it was 

 a fair fpecimen I faw, the ivool was rather lefs abun- 

 dant ou thefe than on the common goat. 



2,dly, The wool-bearing goat, for fo I think the 

 Angora goat may be called, whofe hair is as fine, 

 as foft, and as fit for work, as almofl: any wool j but 

 whether it rifes like wool, or is in this refpeft like 

 hair, I have had no opportunity of obferving. A 



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