2S A P P E N D I X, No. IIL 



and the deference I pay to the fuperlor judgment of thofer 

 who have feen and approved of thefe propofals. 



No. IV. 



Memorial concerning Britip Wool, proving its fuperior value 

 and finenefs in former times, and the Natural Advantages of 

 the Northern and Wejlern parts of Scotland for raifitig the 

 Finefl JVcolf and Improving the Breeds of Sheep in other re- 

 fpeBs* 



THE fa£ls aflumed In the tWo preceding papers are of too 

 much confequence to be admitted without proofs : But it 

 would far exceed the bounds which the prefent memoir ad- 

 mits of, to adduce all the proofs of them that might eafily 

 be produced. It fliall fuffice, therefore, here to ftate only a 

 few of the many that might be found, from fuch authorities 

 as may be relied on. 



The finenefs of Britifli wool was fuch as to induce the 

 Roma ns, -while they were in p ofleffion of this ifland, t o efla- 

 blifh a cloth manufadlure at Winchefter, for the ufe of the 

 JEmpercrs*. This, therefore, muft have been deemed the 

 jBnefl wool in the univerfe at that time; for it Is well known, 

 that the Romans were peculiarly attentive to Iheep, and held 

 fine wool in the higheft degree of eftimation ; and that 

 then almoft the whole civilized nations on the globe, 

 were fubjecled to the power of the Roman Emperors. Be- 

 fore they became acquainted with Britain, the wool of Tur- 

 detaniay a province of ancient Spain, was much efteemed by 

 them, but that, in time, gave place to the wool of the Co- 

 raxiy a people of Afia. Strabo, fpeaking of Turdetaniay 

 fays, ** Frequens inde primum vcjlis veniebat, nunc vero Coraxo- 

 rum amplius lanifuium excellentjjftma pulchritudhnsy unde ad' 



mijfarii 



* Cibfon's Camden's BritJmaica, p. n8. 



