gS On the Goats of Angora. 



hat-making. It is lor this use that Marseilles still continues 

 to draw a great quantity of this article ; and it is to this city 

 a considerable branch ot" commerce, and one of the prin- 

 cipal articles of return for our manufactures which are 

 consumed in the East. 



The wool of this Goat is less abundant in Syria, and 

 its quality is not esteemed. A much greater quantity is 

 drawn from Angora, from Erzcroue, and from the north 

 of Persia. The province of Kcrman furnishes the most 

 beautiful kind. In general, all these w(K)1s are forwarded 

 to Smyrna bv the caravans of camels which go from Erze- 

 rone. From Smvrna they are forwarded lo Marseilles and 

 in the ports of Italy by way of sea. 



The art of spinning the wool of the Goat is known 

 only in Syria and Natolia: except in those two places, it is 

 put to no manner of use. Its value in these places arises 

 only from the demand for it from Europe. At Angora the 

 average va'ue is from four to six piastres the ocque of 400 

 drachms. 



The wool of this Goat is also exported rough into 

 Europe from Persia and the province of Kerman; but it has 

 there an intrinsic value from the use to which it is put. The 

 Persians know how to spin it. They make shawls of it 

 similar to those of India, but far inferior in fineness and 

 taste of workmanship. It seems certain that the primary 

 material which is employed for the fabrication of the shawls 

 of Cachemire is also the fleece of a goat similar to the kara- 

 gueschy. But this fleece is much finer and more precious 

 than any that is imported into Europe. I do not even 

 believe that it is known in Europe : at least, it has never 

 been imported by way of Aleppo, or the other cities of the 

 East. 



The Tislik-Guesclij/. 



The tlstlk-gtieschy, or woolly goat, forms the second kind 

 of those animals which is fouud in Angora. But, instead 

 of resembling the goat of Europe as the kara-guesehv does, 

 this breed is dift'erent in many respects. It forms in the 

 genus a decided variety, perhaps even a distinct species. 

 The tistik-gueschy is the gout which Buflbn lias described 

 under the nanie of the Gout of Angora. Its fleece is of a 

 clear whiteness. Its hair is long, thin, silky, naturally 

 curled : it is extremely fine, and unlike the hair of the kara- 

 gueschv, which is as hard as its skin ; it is as supple and 

 delicate as the finest wool of the S[)a!iish Merinos. These 

 lony; and curled hairs compose the whole fleece of the 

 . '^ a tistik- 



