Animal products; . he quality is more uniform throughout thefleece. There is also a transparency, a glittering brightness whichis enhanced on its passing through the dye vat. It is distin-guished by softness and elasticity, essential properties in themanufacture of fine goods, being exempt from spiral, curly, andshaggy defects ; and it spins easily when treated properly accord-ing to the present improved method, and yields an even, strong,and true thread. Notwithstanding the remarkable quality andbeauty of the alpaca wool, it was long before its value was appre-ciated in Europe. Now the import
Animal products; . he quality is more uniform throughout thefleece. There is also a transparency, a glittering brightness whichis enhanced on its passing through the dye vat. It is distin-guished by softness and elasticity, essential properties in themanufacture of fine goods, being exempt from spiral, curly, andshaggy defects ; and it spins easily when treated properly accord-ing to the present improved method, and yields an even, strong,and true thread. Notwithstanding the remarkable quality andbeauty of the alpaca wool, it was long before its value was appre-ciated in Europe. Now the imports of this wool into the UnitedKingdom are from 4,000,000 to 4,500,000 lbs. annually, of theaggregate value of ,£550,000, the ruling price being, in 1876, about DESCRIPTION OF THE ALPACA. 67 is. \d. per lb. There is a good collection of alpaca wool andfabrics at the Bethnal Green Museum.* To Sir Titus Salt, of Bradford, must, undoubtedly, be awardedthe high praise of finally overcoming the difficulties of preparing. THE ALPACA OF PERU. and spinning alpaca wool, so as to produce an even and truethread, and by combining it with cotton warps, which had then * Cases 83 and 84 contain 16 samples of alpaca and vicuna wool of differentcolours from Peru; 88, alpaca wool from South Australia and Victoria ; 87,alpaca wool and yarn ; and 85, three llama fleeces—grey, brown, and black—from animals raised in this country, and presented by Baroness Burdett 88 has a progressive series, illustrating the stages of the alpaca manu-facture presented by Sir Titus Salt and Sons : and 91, 92, and 93, are casesof fine woollen mixed fabrics, alpaca, mohair, &c, for ladies dresses. 68 THE GUANA CO AND VICUNA. (1836) been introduced into the trade of Bradford, improving themanufacture, so as to make it one of the staple industries of thekingdom. By an admirable adaptation of machinery the materialis now worked up with the ease of ordinary wool. Distinguished at first, when the Spaniards
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