WOOL. 



tobl^ <*q<iupatioii ; tlic puieifellig, aorting', screw- 



iiio', and srwiiij:;^ in fjitlcs, occupying imifli tinu- ; 

 wool Ijoiiig tlic Jitaple article of the colony, mid 

 fbrniiug the priBcipal iiobm ^ettlei^. It 



this period to view the processes of washing and 

 shearing* tlic aiiinnils — sorting, })Fc<sing, and 

 packing the wool ; — to oi'teu hear the terms 

 «*f ^bxm long staple wool, aud to see 

 Hk^ 1^6^61^ of It iiL #midl locks, 



showing the dHT^HTeat d^gi^ of feeifess. If 



the shearing season is deferred, varions grass 

 seeds get into the wool, particularly those ot" the 

 An^Ms^ria Austraiu, or kangaroo grass, one of 

 th& moBt abundant perhaps of 1ih6 mJ^vB gi^s^^ 

 frequeil%ll0t(;mly injuring thefleect:, hut, aided 

 by its avvus, penetrating even to the skin oi'tlu; 

 sheep. Tile Australian climate is adniiraldy cal- 

 eulatetl for wool growing ; the improvement of 

 the fleets darMg thekte yea;ra^ tHe asadfting 



of Ae^ool by competeat p*3!S0ns educated for 

 the purpose in (icrmaiiy, have produced Inr it so 

 high a character in the London market, tliut the 

 qttautity exported hxna the colouy is now great, 

 said aiuatt^fy increaalag't tuatiy of the sfsttlmdall 



their wool to huyers iu tlie eoluuy, \vhosp6^1at<4 

 ujjou ir, while others seud it Uireut to agente 

 iu Kiiiiland. 



