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all alike unaccuſtomed. The ſtrangeneſs of the place ſo totally engages their attention, as to prevent them from running at, and fighting with, the new-comer, as they would moſt probably do in their own field,(in regard to which they entertain very high notions of their excluſive right of property) and here they are confined for ſome hours, till they appear reconciled to the ſtranger, who is then turned out with his new friends, and is generally afterwards well treated. The ſhawl-goat was not, however, ſo eaſily reconciled to his future companions: he attacked them, inſtead of waiting to be attacked, fought ſeveral battles, and at preſent appears maſter of the field. It is from the down that grows under the coarſe hair of this ſpecies of goat, that the fine India fhawls are manu- factured. This beautiful as well as uſeful animal, was brought over only laſt June from Bombay, in the Duke of Montroſe Indiaman, Captain Dorin. The female unfortunately died. It was very obligingly preſented by the Directors, to Sir John Sinclair, the Preſident of the Britiſn Wool Society. It is propoſed, under Mr. Hunter's care, to try ſome experiments with it in England, by croſſing it with other breeds of the goat ſpecies before it is ſent to the North*.

Mr. Hunter has built his ſtables half under ground; alſo vaults, in which he keeps his cows, buffaloes, and hogs. Such buildings, more eſpecially the arched byres, or cow- houſes, retain a more equal temperature at all times, in re- gard both to heat and cold, and conſequently are cooler

* Extract of the letter from Bombay, to the directors, reſpecting this goat, tranſmitted by Mr. Dominicus, of the India-Houſe, to fir John Sinclair: * our ſervants at Buffora, contrary to their expectations, have lately pro- „ccured and ſent to this preſidency(Bombay) two animals that produce the 4 ſhawl-wool. They adviſe us that they are of the beſt colour, and tolerably ¹hardy. The wool, which grows on different parts of their bodies, under ² very long hair, is obtained by gently combing them.“— A South America ſhe-goat, it is ſuppoſed, is already with kid by him, at Mr. Hunter's.

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