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long time they were supposed to be Cashmere 

 goats. According to Israel Diehl, there are 

 several breeds of goats in Turkey which have 

 long hair, and could easily be mistaken for 

 Angoras; he describes them as follows in the 

 agricultural report of 1863, in which he wrote 

 at length on wool-bearing goats and the mis- 

 taken classification of the species brought to 

 this country in 1849: 



' There is also a second or other variety of 

 Angora, or shawl goat, besides those gener- 

 ally described. This goat has an unchanging 

 outer cover of long, coarse hair, between the 

 roots of which comes in winter an undercoat 

 of downy wool that is naturally thrown off 

 in spring or is carefully combed out for use. 

 A remarkably fine species of this breed exists 

 throughout the area to which the white-haired 

 goat is limited, and similar breeds prevail all 

 over the highlands of Turkish and Persian 

 Armenia, Koordistan, and at Kirman; and 

 although some flocks yield finer fleeces than 

 others, it is called the same wool or under- 



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