Cashmeer Shawl-Goat in England. S&3 



Three of Mr Tower's goats this year produced kids before they 

 were themselves a twelvemonth old. 



A few produce brown wool, but that of far the greater pro- 

 portion of the goats is white : and this latter is more valuable 

 than the other. 



The coat is a mixture of long coarse hair, and of short fine 

 wool : this latter begins to be loose early in April ; and is col- 

 lected easily and expeditiously, by combing the animals two or 

 three times with such a comb as is used for horses' manes. A 

 good deal of the long hair comes off at the same time, but the 

 manufacturer has found no difficulty in separating it *. The 

 produce of a male is about four ounces, and of a female 

 about two ounces. Two pounds of wool, as it comes off the 

 goat's back, may be estimated to make one shawl fifty-four 

 inches square. It will therefore require ten goats, male and fe- 

 male, to furnish materials for one shawl. 



Mr Tower has this year had three shawls made of his 

 wool, one of which was examined by the Committee of Manu- 

 factures. The yarn was spun by Messrs Pease, of Darlington ; 

 and was woven by Messrs Miller and Sons of Paisley. Mr 

 Tower's shawl was compared with one made in Scotland, of 

 French shawl-goat wool, to which it was evidently far superior. 

 It was also compared with a shawl of M. Terneau's own make ; 

 and was considered by very competent judges to be superior to 

 this also. 



On the German Polish for Wood, 



W E were the first to publish any accurate information on the 

 French Polish for wood, now become so universally employed, 

 in our Technical Repository^ Irom information derived from Mr 

 Jo.seph Clement, the celebrated engineer ; and have continually 

 added, from time to time, such further particulars thereon as 

 have come to our knowledge. 



• A considerable quantity of rough Cashmeer wool was iui|)orted from 

 India a few years ago, and baffled the attempts of the manufacturers to dis. 

 entangle the wool from the hair; probably from the wool having become 

 felted, in conveying it from Cashmeer and shipping it from Calcutta. 



