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Of the winding of wool. I wood ta lãe deece. ikiil in the afforting * véchaỳ, dui ng the Dutch. The ules of deiva władza pernicious to the fleece. a pasivat tavaf Creets. Wool lightest

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„centcnicacies of commonveva catching the wool of Engcave dhe X and directions in the wede od cvad of wet partures: yet Vivadoj vduupuiod in the drainage a ancient times not

Countries exeemed for wool be-
capes, tiên. Or that expedition,
Countries afterwards effeem-

The tu) di dis and iciences in the
Chirag it at Venice. Coun-

max pacient times.

Wool the

wool of our island, peculiarly excellent, is the combing wool. Methods to prevent its exportation. Apology of the author for treating this fubject.

Bishop Blaize the inventor of wool-combing. Of the dying of wool. Few dyes the natural product of England. Neceffity of trade for importing them. The advantages of trade, and its utility in the moral world; exemplified in the prosperity and ruin of the elder Tyre.

NOW, of the fever'd lock, begin the song,

With various numbers, through the simple theme To win attention: this, ye fhepherd fwains, This is a labour. Yet, O Wray, if thou Cease not with skilful hand to point her way, The lark-wing'd Mufe, above the graffy vale,. And hills, and woods, fhall, finging, foar aloft; And he, whom Learning, Wisdom, Candor, Grace, Who glows with all the virtues of his fire, Royston approve, and patronize the train. Through all the brute creation, none, as fheep, To lordly man fuch ample tribute pay. For him their udders yield nectareous streams: For him their downy veftures they refign;

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For him they spread the feaft: ah! ne'er
Glory in wants, which doom to pain and death
His blameless fellow-creatures. Let difeafe,
Let wafted hunger, by deftroying live;
And the permiffion use with trembling thanks,
Meekly reluctant: 'tis the brute beyond:

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INTRODUCTION. Recommendation of mercfices mals. Of the winding of wool. Charity of work in the feece: fkill in the afforting dr. parocilarly among the Dutch. The ufes of each fort. Severe winters pernicious to the fleece. Bretons to prevent their effects. Wool lightest #canon-falls: inconveniencies of commonfats. Valgar errors concerning the wool of Engand. Its mi excellencies; and directions in the dace. No good wool in cold or wet paftures: yet alpatures improveable; exemplified in the drainage of Bedford Lerd. Britain in ancient times not chened for wool. Countries effeemed for wool befure the Argonautic expedition. Of that expedition. and its confequences. Countri

ei for wool. The

barbarous ages:

ties noted “

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worlu, exemplin in the property indi

ruin of the ader Tyre.

▼OW, of the Ever i lock, begin the long

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With various numbers, through the Ample theme

To win attention. mis, ve hepherd Swains,
This is a labour. Yt, O Way, if thou
Cente not with kifui hand to point her way,
The lark-wing a Mute, above the grafy vale,
And hills, and woods, hall, inging, dar aloft;
And he, whom Learning, Wiidom, Candor, Grace,
Who glows with all the virtues of his ûre,
Royston approve, and patronize the train.
Through all the brute creation, none, as theep,
To lordly man fuch ample tribute pay.
For him their udders yield nectareor
For him their downy veltu

For him they spread -*

Glory in wan

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And gluttons ever murder, when they kill.'
Ev'n to the reptile every cruel deed
Is high impiety. Howe'er not all,
Not of the fanguinary tribe are all ;

All are not favage. Come, ye gentle swains,
Like Brama's healthy fons on Indus' banks,
Whom the pure ftream and garden fruits fustain,
Ye are the fons of Nature; your mild hands
Are innocent: ye, when ye fhear, relieve.
Come, gentle fwains, the bright unfully'd locks
Collect alternate fongs fhall footh your cares,
And warbling music break from every spray.
Be faithful; and the genuine locks alone
Wrap round: nor alien flake nor pitch enfold:
Stain not your ftores with bafe defire to add
Fallacious weight: nor yet, to mimic thofe,
Minute and light, of fandy Urchinfield
Leffen, with fubtle artifice, the fleece:
Equal the fraud. Nor interpofe delay,
Left bufy æther through the open wool
Debilitating país, and every film
Ruffle and fully with the valley's duft.

Guard too from moisture, and the fretting moth
Pernicious fhe, in gloomy fhade conceal'd,
Her labyrinth cuts, and mocks the comber's care.
But in loofe locks of fells the most delights,
And feeble fleeces of distemper'd sheep,
Whither the haftens, by the morbid fcent

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* The country about Rofs, in Herefordshire.