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PLATE IV. 



IN plate 4, will be seen the Spanish method of sorting 

 sheep's \vool ; it is taken from M. Delasterie : the parts 

 of the sheep, which furnish the different qualities of wool are 

 included within the corresponding lines, and indicated by the 

 figures 1, 2, 3, and 4. 



JVbte. Dr. Parry observes, that it was many years supposed 

 that in a pile of Spanish wool the proportion of the three princi- 

 pal parts was rrfina or superfine, 1 5 parts, fmc^ 4, and fcrcerc> 

 or third sort, 1. Even in this case, he says, the fleece must 

 have been sorted more coarsely, than is expressed in the draw- 

 ing. Of late years, he adds, as the wool has risen in price, 

 the quantity of the finer sorts has been increased, and their 

 quality proportionably deteriorated by the admixture of those of 

 a lower value. This, he says, is well known to our (the English) 

 manufacturers and venders of superfine cloths. Part of what 



