A. D. lioo. 



5^5 



produced in this country, might not be fruftrated, the king \ras obliged 

 to have it manufadtured for fome years at his own expenfe ; and cloth 

 of excellent quality was made from it. 



As goods of any kind cannot fail to find their own value in time, and 

 that of tha wool was now eftablifhed to the fatisfadion of the few to 

 whom it was known, it was refolved to give it an opportunity of being 

 more generally known by letting the manufadurers have it at any price 

 they pleated to give for it. Accordingly it was fold in the year 1796 

 and the fubfequent years as follows. 



1796 at 2/ per pound. 



I7y7 2/2 



FiiTt quality. 

 167 lb. at 5/* • 

 207 . . . 576' 

 181 . . .4/6- 



In order to render the propagation of fo valuable a race of flieep as 

 extenfive as pollible, his Mnjefly gave a hundred of his rams, and many 

 of his ewes, as prefentsto different perfons. And that the improvement 

 of the flaple commodity of Great Britain might be rendered acceffible 

 to all perlons, he alfo ordered anuniber of the rams and ewes to be fold. 



The introduction of the Spanifh breed of flieep has been an objed of 

 the attention of the government of France for about thirty years ; and 

 the flieep and wool were fold every year by auction f . 



The follo-duing is an Account of the woolen cloths, milled at the fulling mills in the 

 West-riding of Torkshire, in the under-mentioned years. 



1798 .... 89 fleeces . . . 



1799 • • • '01 fleeces , . . 

 Rams wool of 1 798-99 



Years. Broad cloths. 



Pieces. containing Yards. 



1784 138,023 4,094,335 



1785 ^byal^ ....... 4,844,855 



1786 .... 158,792 4,934,975 



1787 155,748 4,850,832 



1788 139,406 4,244,322 



1789 154,134 4,710,400 



1790 172,538 5,151,0'77 



1791 187,569 5,815,079 



1792 214,851 6,760,728 



1793 190,332 6,054,946 



1794 190,988 6,007,^08 



1795 .... 250,993 7,759,907 



1796 246,770 7,630,536 



1797 229,292 7,235,038 



1798 224,159 7,134,U4 



1799 .... 272,755 8800,688 



1800 285,851 ....... 9,263,906 



* It is proper to obferre, that in the year 1 799, 

 when the wool of 1 798 and 1799 was fold, Spanilh 

 wool was higher than ever it was btfjrc : yet no 

 Spanilh (olu above 5/6, except a very fmall quant- 

 ity which fetched 5/q. 



-j- I"he French official adv;rtifenient of 2.)."' M.iy 

 1800, after annou cincr the falo of ixz twes and 

 rams of the fine|!-wooled Spanilh breed, pait of 

 the flock ktpt on the national farm of Kambouil- 



Narrow cloths. 

 Pieces, containing Yards. 



115,500 3,350,648 



116,036 3,409,178 



123,025 3,536,889 



128,740 4,058,157 



132,143 4,208,303 



145,495 4,409,573 



140,407 - 4.562,122 



154,373 . . . ^ 4,797,594 



190,46s 5,531,6j8 



1,')0,066 4,783,722 



130,403 4,631,258 



155,087 5,172,511 



151,594 5,245,704 



156,709 5,503,u48 



148,566 5,180,313 



180,168 6,377,277 



160,262 , 6,014,420 



let, and 2,000 pounds of fiiperfine wool, the pro- 

 duce of mixed breeds kipt at Vcilailles, affirms 

 that the ordinary co.irfi-vvuoled breed of Fiench 

 (lieep, "hen croiied bj Spaiiilli lams, improves fo 

 much, that in the thiid or tourLh generation their 

 wool is not diftingiiiihable from that .)f real Spaniili 

 (hecp, and that the country round Rambouillet,- 

 to a conliilevable dillance, was now Hocked wilb- 

 fine-wooled flieep of the Sp.aniih -breed. 



