iygi. REVIEW — -WANSEY QN WOOL. 2J9 



clergy, he fsys, " they are clothed in Jarge robes of fins 

 ixioolten fluff '\ ." And, in a defcription of the fame kingdom, 

 written in the year 715, by Mtiza el Zanhani, governor of 

 Spain, to the Calif, Jacob Ahiianzor ^ he tiius dcfcribes the 

 natives of that country, which iiad been lo lately conquered : 

 "■' Its inhabitants are a warlike people, and difplay great fpirit in 

 battle, — the men and women are of midd'e liature, very beau- 

 tiful and dilcreet, — their government and civil polity being 

 well admlniilered, — they are cloathed in fine •woollen^ — they 

 are fond of the military art — and breed many and Yijry fine 

 horfes, &c." \ 



Thefe are proofs fufRcient, that there was much fine wool 

 then reared in Spain, and that it was manufactured into fine 

 fcloths, many ages before the period that our author would 

 perfuade his readers they borrowed their breed of fine v/ooilsd 

 fheep from Britain. 



Mr W. alfo boldly a/Terts, p. 9. that the fine-woolled fheep 

 of Spjin " is a mere carrion, and never eaten" ! ! Where the 

 author learnt this very curious fact he bcft can tell. But I have 

 been taught a very different lef!"-jn by the author juil now 

 <]uoted; for he fays, '• that the mutton of the native fheep of 

 Spain is fo excellent as to be compared, for delicacy, to the 

 pullets of Alexandria^." If therefore the fiefli of their fheep be 

 now fo bad, it mult have been dcbafed when their wool was im- 

 proved by our .(jotfwold breed: And who is fo ignorant as 

 not to know that our fmall hill and down fheep affords muttoa 

 that is m:re carrion and cannot be eaten!-' ! To attempt tp 

 refute fuch idle tales would be an afi'ront to the underftanding 

 of the reader. 



jas y dnrncros dr /;./« lana, y fe crean ttn taiiita conlidad que 

 jamas tiencn necelTiJad de carnes fus naturalts moradores 1 ara 

 lu mantenimienro. Tambien hazen de la lana.defie ganadomuy 

 FINOS PANos para fu I'el^.r de todos Culores." p. 61. part 2. 



\ " Tieiien lus cicrig'v-;y rcligiofos; andan "vefltdos conropas de 

 Jina lana, bien larsras." lb. p. 49. 



\. " Siis moradores Ton ?:jntj bellicofa, y may aiiimofos para 

 \\ guerra ; las miii;ercs y hoinbrcs Ion de mediana eftatura, 

 muy hermofos y difcretos tieiu'n en fus repnblicas bien govi- 

 <rrno y pullcia ; an<lan veftidos de_/fna Inna ; fon amigosdel arte 

 militir, y afli crean muchos y muy buenos caballos." lb. part 

 I, p. 69. 



^ His words arc : " Los carneros defte reyno de Bfpana fii 

 cirnc es de tan biicn niantenimiento y fubftancia como las 

 gallinas de Alexandria." p. 6. 



