WILD WOOL 



man bat for dieep, and that, howevo- deficient 

 as dothin^ for otho' animals, it is just the thing 

 for the brave moantain-dwdler that wears it. 

 Plain, however, as all this sppeais, ihe quan- 

 tity questian naes again and again in all its 

 eommanphee tameness. For in my eiqierienee 

 H seems wdl-ni^ impoHPaMe to obtain a hear- 

 ing on bdialf (d Nature from any other stand- 

 point tiian that ol hmnan use. Domestie flocks 

 yield more flsmnd per dieep tiian the wild, 

 theref ore it is daimed that culture has im- 

 proved upoMi wildneaB; and so it has as far as 

 flannd is eoneemed, bot all to ihe c o nt/My as 

 far as a shea's dress is ecneemed. If every 

 wihl siie^ inhalxting die Skaia were to pot 

 on tame wod, probafafy only a few would sur- 

 vive die dangos of a sin^ season. Withthdr 

 fine limbe muffled and bozied beneath a tsm^ 

 ol haiflffls wocJ, they would become aiwri- 

 winded, and fall an easy prey to tiie strong 

 moontain wolves. In tUttntmu Tt n^ preeqpiees 

 tiiey would be thrown oat of balance and 

 kiDed, by their taggy wool catdiing upon 

 siiaip points of rods. Disease would also be 

 brou^t on by the dirt wfaidi always finds a 

 lodgment in tame wool, and by the drag^bd 

 and water-Boaked eon^tkn into wfaidi it falls 

 diirii^ stormy weather. 

 No dogma taog^ by the present civiliiatiaB 

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