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 exhibiting Faunus—Bales of wool and the shepherd's dress—Costume, appearance, and manner of life of the ancient Italian shepherds     256
 * gin of sheep-breeding in Italy—Faunus the same with Pan—Ancient sculptures

CHAPTER III.

SHEEP-BREEDING AND PASTORAL LIFE OF THE ANCIENTS—ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE SCRIPTURES, ETC.

Sheep-breeding in Germany and Gaul—In Britain—Improved by the Belgians and Saxons—Sheep-breeding in Spain—Natural dyes of Spanish wool—Golden hue and other natural dyes of the wool of Bætica—Native colors of Bætic wool—Saga and chequered plaids—Sheep always bred principally for the weaver, not for the butcher—Sheep supplied milk for food, wool for clothing—The moth     282

CHAPTER IV.

GOATS-HAIR.

ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE GOAT—ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE SCRIPTURES, ETC.

Sheep-breeding and goats in China—Probable origin of sheep and goats—Sheep and goats coeval with man, and always propagated together—Habits of Grecian goat-herds—He-goat employed to lead the flock—Cameo representing a goat-herd—Goats chiefly valued for their milk—Use of goats'-hair for coarse clothing—Shearing of goats in Phrygia, Cilicia, &c.—Vestes caprina, cloth of goats'-hair—Use of goats'-hair for military and naval purposes—Curtains to cover tents—Etymology of Sack and Shag—Symbolical uses of sack-cloth—The Arabs weave goats'-hair—Modern uses of goats'-hair and goats'-wool—Introduction of the Angora or Cashmere goat into France—Success of the Project     293

CHAPTER V.

BEAVERS-WOOL.

Isidorus Hispalensis—Claudian—Beckmann—Beavers'-wool—Dispersion of Beavers through Europe—Fossil bones of Beavers     309

CHAPTER VI.

CAMELS-WOOL AND CAMELS-HAIR.

Camels'-wool and Camels'-hair—Ctesia's account—Testimony of modern travellers—Arab tent of Camels'-hair—Fine cloths still made of Camels'-wool—The use of hair of various animals in the manufacture of beautiful stuffs by the ancient Mexicans—Hair used by the Candian women in the manufacture of broidered stuffs—Broidered stuffs of the negresses of Senegal—Their great beauty     312