404 On Taurino Cloth. 



any that can be made of wool. We have also made 

 excellent coatings of it, calculated for over coats and 

 clothing for labouring people : this has generally a small 

 portion of wool intermixed with the hair, the whole of 

 which we believe can be afforded at a lower price than 

 any woolen fabrics of an equal quality, that can be im- 

 ported from England. The carding, spinning, weav- 

 ing and fulling, are done with a facility equal to wool. 



A committee of the society for the promotion of use- 

 ful arts in this state, to whom specimens of the cloth 

 have been submitted, 



'' Report, that they have*examined said specimens, 

 '* amounting to four in number, that they find two of 

 *' the samples exhibited to consist of one third com- 

 ** mon wool, and two thirds hair from the tanneries ; 

 " one sample of one fourth common wool, and three 

 " fourths hair ; and one of one fifth common wool, and 

 *' four fifths hair. — That they find the whole number 

 ** of specimens extremely well manufactured, of equal 

 *' quality and texture, well dyed, and apparently very 

 " firm and strong. — The committee further report, 

 " that from documents accompanying the specimens, 

 *' it is certain that a cloth equal, if not superior in du- 

 " rability, is manufactured from hair alone, and that it 

 " is a valuable substitute for felting, in the paper ma- 

 '' nufacture. 



" The committee have satisfied themselves by ex- 

 *' periment, that this cloth is not only lighter than that 

 ** manufactured from wool, but that it has the proper- 

 " ty of resisting moisture to a much greater degree, 

 " and that therefore it is much better calculated for 

 " great or over coats ; and further, that from actual 



