132 account of the Tscherkefsian ficep. July 31. 

 this variety, with the following curious piece of ia- 

 formation. 



Tscherkefsian lamb Jkins. 



There is a valuable traffic carried on in the north, 

 with the Jkins of the Tscherkefsian lambs; the beau- 

 ty of which they heighten in the following man- 

 ner : 



The inhabitants of the Ukrain and Podoli, as soon 

 as a lamb is dropped, (which comes into the world 

 with a pretty wavy Ikin, even without the afsistance 

 of art,) to augment its beauty, and make it bring 

 a higher price, sew it up in a sort of coarse linen 

 Ihirt, so as to keep up a constant gentle prefsure on 

 the wool, pouring warm water over it every day, to 

 make it soft and sleek ; only letting out the bandage 

 a little, from time to time, as the animal increases 

 in size, but stillkeeping ittight enough to effect their 

 purpose, which is, to lay the wool in beautiful glof- 

 sy ringlets, and thereby produce a delicate spe- 

 cies of fur, in great request for lining clothes, and 

 morning gowns. By this treatment the fine soft 

 wool which rises in the infancy of the lamb, takes 

 a handsome arrangement ; and the animal is killed 

 •younger or older according to the species of fur 

 intended to be produced, from a ftiort glofsy nap like 

 sattin, only fit, trom it? thinnefs, for the purposes 

 mentioned above, to a warm thick fur for a winter 

 great coat. The first of these furs in estimation 

 and price, is a fine black that locks like silk da- 

 maik • an inferior black fur somes next, much thick- 

 er for pelices or Jlouhes^ as we call the upper winte? 



