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greatly abound in several countries of that quarter of the 

 globe. It is strange, therefore, that they were not much 

 earlier introduced into our country. 



THEIK IMPORTATION INTO THE UNITED STATES. 



This honor was left to Dr. Jas. B. Davis, of South Caro- 

 lina, in the year 1849, since which several other importa- 

 tions have been made. As Dr. Davis was our Consul to 

 Turkey when he exported them, and as Smyrna, or Con- 

 stantinople, was their port of debarkation, it is probable 

 that he availed himself of the advantages of his official po- 

 sition to secure the variety known as Angora goats, called 

 so from the city of Angora, in the province of Xatolia, in 

 Asia Minor, where they are extensively raised, and their 

 wool was once more largely manufactured. 



Another wool bearing goat is extensively raised in Thi- 

 bet, in Central Asia. Its wool is exported to the small 

 province of Cashmere, where it is manufactured into the 

 richest and most beautiful fabrics, which have given wealth 

 and fame to that little interior country all over the world. 

 As it is not known that any of these have ever been im- 

 ported into the United States, those which we have should, 

 in strictness, be called Angora and not Cashmere goats. 

 Though there is some discordance in the history of the im- 

 portation of these animals and of their breed and nativity, 

 yet the name Angora is now generally accorded to them, 

 and their descendants from the flock of Dr. Davis, it hav- 

 ing been acquired many years since by Col. R. B. Peters, 

 of Georgia. Several other importations also have been 

 made at divers times, among the animals of which there is 

 a general uniformity, though with some discrepancy as to 

 size, color and fleece; and the fullest description of them 

 has been given by Hon. J. S. Diehl, in the U. S. Agricultu- 

 ral Report for 1863. 



