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FraBce . ^ ^ - 600,000 
England - - - ^ - 6,000,OOO 
Holland and, N. . - ^ 3,200,000 
10,800,000 
Spain employs about 3 millions of pounds in hef 
©wn manufactures. It may be proper here to, ob¬ 
serve, that all the sheep of Spain are by no mcan^ 
merinos, but more of the stationary flocks are ei^ 
tfber what they call chorinos, which are a large 
hardy coarse woolled breed, or a miiJ^ture between 
them and the merinos, part of this latter wool is 
exported.. 
As tny object in this essay is to endeavor to im^ 
press upon my country the importance of propaga¬ 
ting this breed of sheep, it may be proper to shew 
the value of this wool compared to that of other 
races, and particularly of that of England, and ta 
remove some false ideas that have gone abroad rel- 
g^tive to them., 
Tnx prices at Madrid for washed wooh in th^ 
year 1796 were as follows *. 
c Cts, 
Leonise from 5 to 5 4 about 100 
Segovieme 5 4 60 8S 
Sorfieris 4 4 25 86 
Arrogon 5 6Q 
