Fine Wool procured from Highland Fleeces. 7t 



without injury to each other, would become an 

 imperative duty on the part of the investigators, 

 to recommend to the manufacturers. The 

 Highland fleece, I am told, has been separated 

 into sixteen different sorts, exhibiting specimens 

 not unlike coarse hair, ten inches long ; and 

 others of various lengths, and delicacy of fibre, 

 equal in quality to the best short wool from the 

 Shetland sheep. The intermediate samples were 

 of a perfectly homogeneous nature, and fit for 

 the manufacture of appropriate fabrics, unlike 

 those at present from Scotch wool, which, being 

 composed of all sorts of lengths, and of coarse 

 and fine fibres, are deservedly ranked among 

 inferior productions. 



The general arrangements of the Wigton So- 

 ciety are extremely good, and the expense so 

 limited as not to deter the subordinate hus- 

 bandman from affording it his assistance. 



This is a rock on which many English societies 

 have split. Little benefit can be derived from 

 agricultural meetings where practical farmers 

 are precluded by any of the rules from giving 

 their support. We sat down to dinner with 

 seventy-five cheerful faces ; and it was delight- 

 ful to behold the spirit and good humour which 

 prevailed. 



