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THE GOATTJfr^KttSHfiERE. 



PLATE IX. 



BUT even this is subject to many varieties, differ- 

 ing both in colour and in the quality of the wool, or 

 rather the fine hair, of which the fleece is composed. 



The principal points in the most approved breeds 

 are large ears, the limbs slender and cleanly formed, 

 the horns not spirally twisted, and above all, the 

 fleece being long, straight, silky, and white. A spe- 

 cimen in the Edinburgh Museum agrees nearly in 

 these particulars, and is represented on the accom- 

 panying plate, together with one of the varieties of the 

 same race, which has been figured by Fred. Cuvier in 

 his great work. The last varies only in the head and 

 neck being of a very deep black. Besides the true 

 Cashmere breed, from which originally the celebrated 

 Cashmere shawls were made, there are several others 

 which have been employed for the same purposes in 

 different parts of India ; and there is a Tartar half- 

 breed, which has been found to survive well in a 

 colder climate, and which has been introduced with 

 considerable success into France. The most in re- 

 quest, however, are still brought from the kingdom 

 of Cashmere. 



