4% APPENDIX, No. IV. 



Spanlfh wool in the fabrication of their fine cloths, far lelV 

 that they had already done fo. From the bufinefs in whicli 

 he was employed he mud alfo have been particularly well 

 informed of things of this nature, by the manufacturers on 

 "whofe account he v/as engaged j fo that his authority alone 

 is worth a thoufand vague afTertions. 



4. That Englifh ivool was coveted abroad as a commodity 

 of great value, to be mixed with other wool for perfecting 

 their fi'nefi: manufactures. On this laft head, I beg leave to 

 remark, that this facl, which was real and undoubted, at 

 that thne^ has been aiTerted thoufands of times fince then, 

 after circumftances were fadly changed ; and thefe aflertions 

 have been greedily believed without proof or examination, 

 as this opinion flatters the national vanity j and it has been 

 employed for very deftruclive purpofes. 



5. That the wool fo much coveted then, was fhort cloth- 

 ing wool, and not long combing wool, which is the only 

 kind now coveted abroad. That it was clothing wool, ap- 

 pears evident from two circumftances, viz. i. The places 

 where it vras chiefly coveted, viz. Fiorciice, Genx)a, and Ve- 

 nice } as it is welt known that the fine woollen manufacture? 

 of thefe places were cloths^ and xiotjliiffs^ in virhich combed 

 wool could be ufeful ; and, 2d, From the kind of Englifli 

 "TTOol ufually fpecified in the petitions, viz. Coffwold woo], 

 which was always of the ihort carding fort. 



Let us now contrajfi: thefe well authenticated- fatfls, with 

 the following facSls, that are equally undeniable, with regard 

 to the prefent fituation of the wool and Woollen manufac- 

 ture of England- — and then draw fome neceflary inferences. 



1. Engliih clothing wool is now much inferior in quality 

 to that of Spain, and fells at a price greatly below it in every 

 free market where they can be brought together. 



2. That England flill manufaclures fine cloths of a very 

 good quality j but that fine cloths are made in France and o- 

 ther countries, which arc generally preferred to them in the 



markets 



