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When a filament is crushed, the fibres readily separate. They have a diameter of g -i- ft - 

 of an inch, but may be divided into fibrils of from -%-^-Q to ^Vor f an inch. The central 

 matter which oozes out from the interior, is white, opaque, and granular ; the grains of an 

 irregular and heterogeneous shape ; the smallest less than- the -JOTO^ of an inch. 



The Small Pile. Length, 1 T | 7 inch; shape, oval; diameter, from T J y to T ^ T ^ of an 

 inch. The shaft consists of three parts, like the first described, but the cortex is compara- 

 tively thicker. It is undulated and slightly frizzled ; no furcations. 



Ductility, Elasticity and Tenacity. With 12 grains one inch parted with its undulations 

 and elongated g\ of an inch. 



With 25 grains one inch stretched ^, elasticity entire. 

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Scales upon the cortex, 3,500 upon one inch of length. 







THE PILE OF THE COMMON GOAT. The skin of the common Goat is peculiarly well 

 adapted to the manufacture of gloves, and is used to make morocco leather. From their 

 hair is also made camlet, which for beauty those of Syria are much esteemed. The 

 fleece of the Russian Goat is much extolled as consisting of, first, a short stiff hair, and 

 secondly, a fine soft wool which grows at the roots of the other pile. Some of the latter 

 was sent to England to be manufactured, the quantity was so small that the chain was 

 made of silk, and the fabric is represented to have been equal to the finest Indian shawls. 

 This induced Dr. Anderson to examine the pile of the common English Goat, among 

 which it is said he found the very same substance. From this experiment the author of 

 Illus. of Nat. Hist, ventures the assertion, that a variety of the goat species in Great 

 Britain does actually produce a wool of perhaps finer quality than that which is yielded 

 by any sheep whatever. (See Anderson's Recreat. in Agric. v. 2, p. 231.) We earnestly 

 recommend to the enterprising American farmers to try the experiment of raising and 

 breeding the common Goal of this country for the fleece. 



OF THE CAMEL. This animal, according to Edwards, (Elem. de Zool., 432,) belongs 

 to the eighth order, viz: "Ruminants" the section "without horns" and the tribe 

 "Camel." There are seven species, viz: 1st, the Arabian Camel or Dromedary, (the 

 Camelus Dromedarius of Linn., and Le Dromedaire of BufF. ;) 2d, the Bactrian Came!, 

 (C. Bactrianus of Linn., the Chameau of BufF. ;) 3d, the Lama, Camelus (Glamaof Linn., 

 the Lama of Buff.;) 4th, the Guanaco or Huanaco of Molina, (see Nat. Hist, of Chili;) 

 5th, the Peruvian Camel, (C. Arcuanus of Linn., found in Peru and Chili;) 6th, the 

 Vicunna, (the C. Vicugna of Linn., the Vicunna of Pennant;) 7th, the Paco or Alpaca, 

 (the C. Paco of Linn., and Pacos of Pennant.) 



