hair, with an undercoat in winter of a delicate 

 greenish wool, of but two to three ounces each, 

 which latter alone constitutes the fabric from 

 which the celebrated shawls are made. Ten 

 goats furnish only enough for a shawl l 1 /^ 

 yards square; but this is often found differ- 

 ing both in color and the quality of the wool, 

 or rather the fine hair, of which the fleece is 

 composed. The principal points in the most 

 approved breeds are large ears, the limbs slen- 

 der and cleanly formed, the horns not spirally 

 twisted, and, above all, the fleece being long, 

 straight, fleecy, and white." 



Of the Angora he writes: 



:< The Angora goat, and more especially the 

 varieties it has produced, are probably the 

 most valuable of all the goat family, and 

 have been ably described by Naturalists Buf- 

 fon, Pennant, Hasselquist, and travelers as 

 good-sized animals, generally of a beautiful 

 milk-white color, with short legs and wide- 

 spreading, spirally-twisted horns. The wool 

 is described as a very beautiful curled or wavy 



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