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CHAPTER II. 



WOOL. 



f 24) Wool-bearing Animals ; — (25) Structure of the 

 Skin; — (26) Sebaceous follicles; — (27) Connexion 

 of the Hair with the Skin—Yolk ;— (28) Periodi- 

 cal decidence of Wool ; — (29) Falling off of Wool 

 prevented by Clipping; — (30) Form of Woolly 

 Fibre; — (31) Structure and Properties of Hair 

 and Wool ; — (32) Particular soils injurious to 

 Wool;— (33) Felting ;— (34) Different kinds of 

 Wool ; — (35) Alterations caused by Crossing ; — 

 (36) Bratting prejudicial to Wool l« 



CHAPTER III. 



BRITISH WOOL TRADE. 



(37) Origin of the Wool Trade ;— (38) Invention 

 of Weaving ; — (39) Early progress of the Wool 

 Trade ; — (40) Introduction of Weaving into Bri- 

 tain ; — (41) Importance of the British Woollen 

 Manufacture ; — (42) Weavers brought by Edward 

 III. from Flanders ; — (43) Regulations regarding 

 Staples ; — (44) Rapid advance of the Wool Trade 

 in the 14th century ; — (45) Subsidies raised by 

 Edward III. ;— (46) Progress of the Wool Trade 

 during the reigns of Henry VII., Henry VIII., and 

 Edward VI. ; — (47) Encouragement given by 

 Elizabeth to the Trade ;— (48) Woollen Cloth 

 monopolized by the Merchant Adventurers; — 

 (49) Consumption of Wool in England increased ; 

 — (50) Severity of the Prohibitory Enactments 

 relating to Wool reprobated; — (51) Emigratiou 



