330 XJNGXJLATA. 



200 to 300, and are often marked in figures or drawings 

 with red or blue designs. 



The annual collection of skins is from ' 200,000 to 

 700,000 ; in 1891 it was about 500,000. 



Unlike many Lamb-skins, the Persian Lamb takes a 

 brilliant dye. The Afghan Lamb is similar to the 

 foregoing, the curl is rather larger, and the hair 

 coarser ; the price is about 20 per cent, less than that of 

 the Persian Lamb. 



The Bboadtail, or Brbitschwauzb, is probably the 

 Slink or unborn Persian Lamb ; it is undoubtedly the 

 skin about which so much nonsense has been written, 

 as to slaying the parent Sheep for the sake of its skin, 

 although the popular fallacy is attributed to the Persian 

 Lamb. 



When dyed, this skin has the appearance of watered 

 silk, and is worth from 2s. to 12s., according to fashion, 

 etc. Few are used in England or in the United States. 



PINHEADED PEESIAN LAMB. 



The skin of this animal is also called Danadar ; it is 

 grey, with extremely small and numerous curls, and the 

 value is about 7s. to 10s., according to demand. 



ASTEACAN LAMB. 



French : Astrakan. German : Astracan. 



The skins of the Astracan Lambs are collected by 

 thousands in the province of Astracan in the South of 

 Eussia ; the annual collection is about 600,000, or rather 



