174 THE ANGORA GOAT. 
Phillip. Soon after their arrival they were purchased 
by Baron von Mueller for the Zoological Committee, and 
afterwards transferred to the care of the Acclimatisation 
Society. In 1863 this Society, in return for some spe- 
cimens of the fauna of Australia, including a wombat, 
was presented by the Imperial Acclimatisation Society 
of France with 12 pure-bred Angoras of a very high 
class. These arrived safely, and were added to the 
little flock at the Society's grounds at the Royal Park. 
The flock was too small, however, to be of much 
practical use to the colony, and soon after the 
Acclimatisation Society took the matter warmly in 
hand, and Dr. Black, the President at that time, by his 
energy and perseverence, succeeded in inducing the 
Council to vote a sum of £600 towards the cost and 
expense of importing a sufficient number to establish 
the breed in the colony within a reasonable time. 
Mr. McCullough, of Maryborough, a gentleman who had 
taken a great interest in the introduction of both the 
Cashmere and Angora goat, added a like amount of 
,£600, for the purchase of a number on his own account. 
In 1865, a special agent, who was acquainted with 
the qualities of the Angora, was sent by Mr. Philpott, 
who acted as agent in London for the Acclimatisation 
Society, to Asia Minor, to select and purchase as many 
pure Angoras as the funds at command would permit. 
The goats were obtained in the neighbourhood of 
Broussa, and were driven to the port of Smyrna for 
shipment. Before their embarkation at Smyrna, the 
cholera unfortunately broke out at that port, and caused 
great delay, besides adding considerably to the expense 
of the undertaking. Ultimately, the goats were landed 
in London, and re-shipped for Melbourne, where they 
