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So A P P E N D I X, No. VIII. 



No. VIII. 



y^n Account of the Steps which have been already taken 

 for attaining the ObjeSts 7nentioned in the preceding Re- 

 port, from the heginnitig of Jiiney when the Inquiry was 

 originally fuggejied^ to the Middle of Augifl 1790. 



DiR.£CTivNS were given for purchafing fome of the 

 finePc woolled flieeu, and fpecimens of the fineft wool that 

 couid be procured in Shetland, and for tranfporting the 

 fame to Leith by the fird opportunity. 



Mr. Macdonfild of Clanronald, the proprietor of feveral 

 iflands upon the weftern coaft of Scotland, no fooner 

 heard of the deliberations of the Society upon this fub- 

 jefl, than he made an offer to appropriate fome of the 

 fmaller ifles belonging to him, for the purpofe of enabling 

 the Society to make fuch experiments for improving the 

 quality of wool, as they fhculd judge proper. 



In the abfence of the Duke of Argyle, who had not 

 then returned from Italy, Mr. James Ferrier, his agent 

 at Edinburgh, made a limilar offer on the part of his 

 Grace ; as did Mr. Ifaac Grant, in the name of Mr. Camp- 

 bell of Shawfield, the proprietor of the extenlive ifland 

 of Iflay, and its dependencies. 



Mr. Campbell having been informed of the poilibility 

 of getting fome of the bell breed of Shetland Iheep, by 

 the affiitance of the Gentlemen who were examined be- 

 fore the Committee, requefted Dr. Anderfon to endea- 

 vour to procure for him, by their means, fuch a num- 

 ber of the very bell fort of thefe fheep, as might be pro- 

 per for trying a fair experiment, how far they would 

 anfwer in the weilern iflands. A fcore of ewes, and five 



