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was considerably advanced. From lambs of that year, 721b. of selected wool, when 

 scoured and picked, became 421b. which were manufactured by Mr. Naish of 

 Twiverton into 287 yards of blue ladies' broadcloth, dyed in the wool. This 

 cloth I sold for 2,1s. per yard, ready money, and without deduction of length. It 

 was universally agreed by some hundreds of observers, that it had seldom been 

 equalled in fineness and softness ; and three gentlemen, whose names I forbear, on 

 the present occasion, to mention, and one of whom was the draper who purchased 

 the cloth, publicly declared, that having had these coats constantly in wear, from 

 six to nearly twelve months, they never had any which so long remained unaltered' 

 as to pile and beauty. 



The loss in scouring the wool, which made these pieces, was little more than one- 

 third. In both instances it was sorted in the same manner, and about two-fifths of 

 the whole fleece rejected. As this latter wool was from the coarser parts, and was, 

 consequently, the dirtiest, it must have suffered in scouring a proportionably greater 

 waste. The lambs' wool being, however, much cleaner than that of the sheep, the 

 waste throughout the whole fleece would not, probably, if the scouring were pro- 

 perly performed, equal two-fifths of the whole weight in the yolk. Now, supposing 

 the best Spanish lambs' wool, in the imported state, to be worth 45. ^d. per lb. and 

 to waste in scouring 3 lb. to the score, then the clean wool will be worth exactly 

 5^. per lb. ; and in mine, 20 lb. being reduced by scouring to i2lb. at 5s. per lb. 

 will be worth 35. per lb. in the yolk, throughout the whole fleece. If the fleece 

 weigh 2 lb. this will give 6s. ; if iflb. 55. ^d. per lamb. I must, however, remark, 

 that 45. 3c/. per lb. is at present a low price for Spanish lambs' w'ool of the finest 

 kind : and that, according to the opinion of every manufacturer, no cloth equal to 

 those which I have exhibited having been ever made from the latter, my lambs' wool 

 ought to bear a proportionably greater price. 



Having finished all which is so far necessary as to the wool of these sheep, let us 

 next proceed to the carcase. 



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