4Q4: THE ANGORA GOAT. 



longer recognisable. The goats are clipped annually, and yield 

 from one to four pounds of their long soft hair, at each clip. 

 It is exported either in the raw state or in yarn, or manufactured 

 by the women into those delicate stuffs which are well known 

 in Europe. The weavers reside chiefly at Angora, but there 

 are fewer of them than formerly, and the number of looms does 

 not exceed fifty j and they make only between one thousand and 

 fifteen hundred pieces annually. The skin is exported to Con- 

 stantinople, where it is dyed of various colours, and used chiefly 

 for Turkish boots and slippers. A few of the fleeces are 

 exported entire to Europe, where they are valued as rugs and 

 saddle-cloths." 



THE THIBET GOAT. 



This breed inhabits Thibet, the steppes of Russia, and the 

 plains partly surrounded by the great bend of the river Ural, 

 or Yaik, which divides Europe from Asia. 



It is equal in stature to an ordinary sized English goat. The 

 body is clothed with long silky hair, and underneath this is a 

 fine soft greyish wool, and of which the celebrated Cachemere 



