!6riga^clch8wl6dg6d't^^ advantages' that would be &&Hi 

 t^ed to agriculture and coriimerce, from the introductiott 

 ^ of find wools into theif reSpieetive states j but their Tievri* 

 meeting oppdsitioii in tHfe ignorarice aiid prejudice of thee^ 

 lihies, a Considerable numbei* of years elapsed, before they 

 setabbiit realizing an idea; which, at» first, seettied-chi* 

 triei*Icia,l ; at length there appeared men equally commen-' 

 dable for their pati-iotisrW aiid for their krto\tledge;, who 

 hiave laboui-ed with zeal and perseverance, to enl'ghteii 

 their fellow-citizens, by producing facts to prove, that na- 

 '^ibk'e, far from opposing itself to the preservation of fine- 

 wool sheep in certain climates, seemed, oh the contrary, 

 to len'i! itself complacently to the exertions of indus- 

 try i believe I have demonstrated in my treatise ort 

 StM^ iN >^t the fine wools of iSpain depend neither on 

 the ■ ^i,^ 4 nor on the soil, nor the climate, nor the 

 paitn.r. ; that it depends on other causes, and that it 

 is poso-bic- \, iiave in France and elsewhere, wool of the 

 sanie qvm-in>^as that of Spain, My travels in the North 

 of Eur offered facts and observations, which 



have afre ^t 'mstrated this truth. I have found in the 

 fargreater f<' • bcof the flocks 1 have examined, wool, 

 ^hich, jiidgiO^ >' Tithe eye, or the touch, equals in beau- 

 iy and finen- .s th^^s ;>f Segovia and Leon ; so much s6 

 that, in my opllib?i, no doubt can remain, that we can 

 obtain superfi: ^fleeces in every part of Europe, where 

 pastures are to b^f-and, and where we can depend on 

 "wintqr food, on v|hich sheep can be supported. These 

 Wools make clc is as fine, as silky, and supple, as those 

 manufactured t* fep; oish wool, as attempts made in 

 Prance^ and oth-r dhm. ' ries prove. But were it true, that 

 th^ food, climate, and her local circumstances, had a 

 certain influerir nu^hc •' trinsic qualities of wool, such 

 as the elasticity tN?v st • n.^^th, the softness, ficc. &c. it 

 woiildnot be the Tt^T !, that, at all events, cloths, 



Che and beautiful en Uj_;K atisfy persons the most dif- 

 ficult on this point, CUT be tained ; and that a nation' 

 can easily do without l\eT>'-e vOdls of Spain, and feed its 

 fihest manufactures Wthihus drawn frohi its own pro- 



