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fpecimen of Angora goats-hair, produced in Britain, 

 will accompany this. 



Whether there will ever be difcovered the fame 

 diverfity of hogs, I cannot tell; but we already arc 

 acquainted in Europe with fomething. analogous to 

 the two firft-mentioned breeds of Iheep, viz. 



\Ji. The fmooth fliort-haired Chinefe breed. The 

 Jamaica breed of hogs belongs alfo to this clafs. 



idly. The long-haired breed, having wool under 

 its long bridles; of this kind is the fmall breed of 

 hogs found in Orkney and the Shetland Illes. Its 

 bridles are very long and fhagged, and under them 

 is found a very abundant quantity of wool, which is 

 foft; but its peculiar qualities have not been as yet 

 fufficiently invefligated, I have, as yet, heard of no 

 breed of hogs that carries wool only. 



Hence it appears, that the diverfity of animals 

 that carry luool is much greater than has hitherto 

 been in general fufpefted; nor can we at prefent fay, 

 with any degree of certainty, that there may not 

 dill exift, in fome corner of the globe, one or more 

 of every fpecies of domeitick animals that do not 

 carry wool with us, that we are now in the cuftom 

 of rearing, which may alfo carry wool, as well as 

 fome varieties of the llieep. And fmce it is well 

 known, that the inhabitants of Europe have derived 

 great advantages from felefting the woo/-bearing 

 breeds of fheep, and rearing them in place of the 

 fmoQth-haired fort j it is equally certain, that, could 



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