ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Plates. 



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 Frontispiece. Fig. 1, Madam Ladysmith, three years old, fleece 8 pounds; 



fig. 2, Princess Monterey, ten months old, fleece 4h jjounds. 

 Plate I. Fig. 1, Angora buck (Davis importation, 1849); fig. 2, Angora doe 



• ( Davis importation, 1849) 16 



II. Brush land ' ' before goating " 32 



III. Brush land " during goating" after twelve months 32 



IV. Brush land ' ' after goating ' ' two years 32 



V. Samples of mohair 40 



VI. Does twenty-one months old; fleece of nine months' growth 40 



VII. Fig. 1, Angora buck "Pasha; " fig. 2, a yearling Angora in Cape 



Colony 48 



VIII. Angora goats showing fleeces of seven months' growth 48 



IX. Angora goats in yard; also shows one kind of suitable fence 56 



X. Angora goat ranch of H. T. Fuchs 56 



XI. Flock of Angora goats at straw stack 64 



XII. Fig. 1, Angora kids; fig. 2, going to pasture (separation of does 



from kids by means of bridge) 64 



XIII. Angora goats in rocky pasture 72 



XIV. Angora goats in pasture 72 



XV. Angora goats in pasture 80 



XVI. Angora goats in yard 80 



XVII. Fig. 1, a yearling Angora; fig. 2, shearing Angoras 80 



Text figure. 



Fig. 1 , diagram showing age by teeth 71 



