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idly. " Nor is there a fingle faft, that ever has 



" been difcovered, which gives the fmalleft coun- 



•' tenance to the generally received opinions, that 



*' heat tends either to make the fleece thinner in 



" pile, or to encourage the growth of hairs among 



" it. Far lefs that it operates, as Mr. Buffon 



" and his followers aflert, in producing permanent 



" changes on the defcendants of animals. '*f 



f Query from the Committee, h this a clear 



cafe ? Do not our Jlieeji jent to and kept at the 



Weft-Indies, rather prove the contrary? 



To James Anderson, Efq; L.L.D. F. R.S. 



Answer to the Secretary. 

 Dear Sir, Saturday, Feb. i^th, 179^."^ 



I Thank you for your very kind letter of the 

 13th inftant, which only came to hand on 

 Thurfday laft ; I embrace the firft poll for acknow- 

 ledging that favour, and of giving anfwers to the 

 queries your Committee have done me the honour 

 to propofe. 



\ft. A variety of experiments have been made 

 with the Spanifli breed of fheep for three years 

 paft, by many of the members of the Society of 

 Britifli Wool. I have feen many fpecimens of the 



wool 



