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than they need put that money into mohair, as mo- 

 hair is always salable, and it is so bulky that there is 

 not much danger of it being stolen. There are so 

 many robbers in Turkey that nothing is absolutely 

 safe. One coffee house keeper in a small village sent 

 about six dollars down to a larger place, as he was 

 afraid to keep so much money in his house. When 

 the mohair is collected in the larger towns it is again 

 sorted, care being taken not to mix lots from differ- 

 ent sections of the country. It is then forwarded 

 to Constantinople of Ismidt, which is on the Sea of 

 Marmara, near Constantinople. Here expert sorters 

 go over the lots again. They do not break up the 

 fleece, but they collect fleeces which are about the 

 same and from the same district for instance, Beiba- 

 zar, Kjutiah, Kastamonia, Eskischehr, etc. These 

 fleeces are then packed in bags and marked x - xx - xxx, 

 or lettered a, b, AA, or numbered 1, 2 r 3, etc. The 

 mohair is then ready for exportation. It can be 

 readily seen that a manufacturer who wants a par- 

 ticular kind of mohair can get exactly what he wants, 

 if he knows the kind of mohair which comes from 

 the different districts, and the grade of mohair which 

 is put up under a certain mark by a certain firm. He 

 can order of Mr. B. one hundred bags XX Beibazar 

 mohair, and he knows what he is going to find when 

 he opens the bags. There is a large room in Con- 

 stantinople where a gang of men are almost con- 



