16$ THE BEE, OR Feb. l5. 



LiTERART Intelligence. 



Society for the Iniprovetnent of BritiJJj Wool. 



In our third number, -we had occaP.on to mention the 

 patriotic exertions of Sir John Sinclair, for reftoring to 

 Great Britain its long loft fuperiority over other nations, 

 in refpeft to the quality of its wool. We are happy to add, 

 that tlie people ia this country feem to be now fo fully fen- 

 fible of the benefits that may be derived from this article, 

 that many patriotic individuals have eagerly inrolled their 

 names as members of this patriotic fociety ; and feveral 

 towns and refpeclable corporations have contributed libe- 

 rally towards the fame end. It will always afford us par- 

 ticular pleafure to mark the progreis of improvement in 

 this branch ; and with that view we fliall be careful to 

 acquaint our readers with fuch tranfaftions of this fociety, 

 as have a claim to attracl the public attention. 



The firll general meeting of this fociety was held at 

 Edinburgh on Monday the 31ft of January. At this meet- 

 ing, among other fpecimens of fine woollen manufactures of 

 Scotland, was produced three fhauls, one made of the bell 

 iilngliili worfted that could be obtained 5 one made of fine 

 Spanilh wool, and one made of Shetland wool, all manu- 

 fadlured by the fai^e perfon, and treated in every refpeft 

 alike, to afford a fair comparative trial of the quality of 

 ihefe kinds of wool relpeclively. The gentlemen there met 

 were unanimoujly of opinion, that in refpecf of foftnefs as 

 well as of pure whitenefs, the Shetland wool exceeded both 

 the others in a very high degree, though the manufafturer 

 owned, that the wool of which this fhaul was made, had 

 rot been properly forted, much coarfe wool being intermixed 

 ymong the .fine-, and that if it had been properly forted, 

 the quality of the ftuff would have been greatly fuperior tc> 

 ^vhat this was. 



