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Scotland ; and drapes in Lincolnshire. lu Scotland, 

 ewes which are neither with lamb, nor giving milk, are 

 said to be eildj or yield. 



CHAPTER II. 



WOOL. 



(24.) Wool- Bearing Animals. — Inmost dictionaries 

 wool is defined as the fleece of sheep, as if, in fact they 

 were the only animals which yield it, than which 

 nothing can be more erroneous ; since we are assured 

 by the ablest naturalists, that almost every animal, 

 from the butterfly up to man, possesses more or less 

 of this covering, and that some indeed rival the sheep 

 in the quantity they bear. 



Though wool is possessed in considerable quantity 

 by carnivorous animals, especially bears, yet the herbi- 

 vorous quadrupeds, never to mention the sheep, are 

 principally noticed for its growth, and for affording a 

 commodity which becomes an article of profit in the 

 hands of some tribes. Heriot, in his travels through 

 Canada, remarks, that "the savage women manufacture 

 thread of the wool of the buffalo, and weave it into cloth. 

 Most parts of the body are invested with a dusky wool, 

 which is of a quality extremely fine — is much valued — i 

 and Cdn with great facility be used in manufactures. 

 The quantity usually contained on one skin is about 

 eight pounds." 



So far from the sheep being invariably a wool-bear- 

 ing creature, it would appear as liable to be entirely 



