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off,) make to the sea shores, where they 
stay as long as the tide will permit them, 
and then return to their usual walks. 
The wool of these sheep is remarkably 
soft and fine; but there is so much di¬ 
versity in its natural texture, that some 
stockings at L.2, 2s. per pair, and others 
at sixpence, are made from it. The 
common price of tolerably good stock¬ 
ings is from five shillings to half-a-guinea 
per pair. They are all knitted. The 
very fine ones, which are esteemed su¬ 
perior in value to silk, will pass through 
a small finger ring. The different co¬ 
lours of the wool are white, black, light 
grey, and sometimes a russet. The 
sheep are never shorn ; but early in June 
the wool is pulled off without injuring 
the animal. In this process, care is 
taken to leave the long hairs which grow 
amongst the wool, by which means the 
young wool is sheltered, and the animal 
kept warm and comfortable. 
