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at the tips of the woolly covering, but is recovered when the wool 

 has undergone a scouring and cleaning. 



Fig. 127 shows the fleshy side or carcase of the sheep with the 

 wool attached. It is the reverse side of the one shown in fig. 147, with 

 the dirt and impurities as before shown. 



Fig. 128 is a part of the pelt after the wool has been scoured and 

 cleaned. The curliness now seems farther apart from the membranous 

 pelt than it was in the two previous specimens. In the latter case the 

 undulations start from near the base of attachment, and gradually increase 



Fig. 127. Lincolnshire locks as seen from the lleshy side. 



as the tips of the fibres are reached. This character is readily seen 

 on the sheep's back when the yolk permeates the woolly covering 

 of the animal. 



Imports of Wool. The imports and quality of Australian vary 

 with climatic changes. In the early part of December 1898, Messrs. 

 Williams & Overbury reported as follows : " Notwithstanding the 

 strong statistical position of merino Australian wools, both active and 

 prospective, the dulness of the woollen trade, coupled with the 

 temporary weakness in the colonial markets which occurred during 



