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riad of the tree, is called a ftone or i aflbs. by which 

 it is weighed, that being the draft. 



Various drafts for wool. One pack in the coun- 

 try 244lbs. when fit for ufe in London, 242lbs. In 

 Romney-Marfli and Effex, fome part of Surry, Suffex, 

 and Hants, the wool cloth is filled, and then weighed, 

 deducing 4lbs. in every 1 2 fcore, as cuftomary al- 

 lowance to the buyer. In SufTex, the todd 32tlbs. 

 in Hants 31 lbs. upright, or 3oilbs turning. Read- 

 ing fair, 2 gibs. The ftandard weight for clean wool 

 fit for ufe, 307lbs.: the ftandard todd, 281bs.: the 

 weight in Wilts, 21 fibs. The flone at Hereford, 

 &c. 1 2f lbs. much altercation between the buyer and 

 feller about the half pound ; the woolflapler allows 

 it on wool fit for fale, and therefore it feems but rea- 

 fonable to have the fame advantage when he buys, 

 though that is far ftiort of an equivalent in the 

 common Forefl wool. 



Staple. If a fheep with a good coat on him 

 walks, the vJOoX parts in many places; if one of the 

 partitions were to be plucked or cut off, that would 

 be a flaple, and there are a variety of terms of art 

 ufed on this occafionj as long, fliort, thick, thin, 

 hovery or frothy, hard, harfhy, foft, fmooth, clear, 

 ftrong, rotten, weak, coked, felted, matted, hitched, 

 in the middle, or in the ground; in proof, or out of 

 proof. 



N. B. If combing wool is matted in the middle of 

 ihc flaple, it will not open in the fuds, and in comb- 

 ing 



