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fleeces of the mountain sheep of Great Britain, or 

 what is called the carding and clothing wool, which 

 is even much shorter than the combing sort used for 

 worsted stuffs, &c. The comparative shortness, how- 

 ever, of the wool under consideration, proves no- 

 thing. Sheep cast their wool annually, if not 

 shorn, and a new coat springs up. This generally 

 takes place in this country about the month of 

 June. If, therefore, the animal which produced the 

 wool under consideration, was killed soon after cast- 

 ing its old wool, the new wool would not be at its 

 full growth. This, too, is a point which could best 

 be determined by procuring living specimens of 

 the animal, and observing their habits and chan- 

 ges. 



\6th April 1818. j 



Professor Jameson's proposal having been submit- 

 ted to the Directors of the Highland Society, they 

 expressed their willingness to co-operate, and ap- 

 pointed a Committee to confer with a Committee 

 of the Wernerian Society on the business ; and it 

 is in contemplation, to communicate with the 

 Right Honourable the Earl of Dalhousie, (a Vice- 

 President of the Society, and now Governor-Gene- 

 ral of Canada), and request the good offices of that 

 patriotic nobleman towards the sending home of 

 living specimens of the animal. 



Thomas Laurie. 



