Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-03

less than Il Greek churches at Constan.
tinople. The suspended maratime inter-
course between that capital and Odessa
had been revived; eight vessels which
sailed from the former city on the nth
of Nav, having arrived at Odessa without
molestation OH the 10th.
Upon the importation anto france, o.
of the Cashmere DoTny Goat.
EXTRACTED from memoir read by Tes-
sizes. inspector general of sheep, before
the Royal Academy of Sciences, sept
18th, 1871
Translated for the Boston Daily Adu'
"The sight of these shawls, which are
brought from Asia, which spread all over
Europe: make part in the presents OF
the soyereigns of the East, and adorn the
head and waist of the rich inhabitants OF
those countries, gave rise to the question
among naturalists, what species of animal
produced the material from which such
precious stuifs were made. Travellers
gave no satisfactory information upon
this subject.
The general opinion was, that cash
meres were produced from goat, but the
particular species was not determined
The importation which has just been
made, clears up, in part, this difficulty,
for these animals produce down exact
ly like that of which the most rare shawls
are made; say in part. because it Is pos
sible that wool may be also employed for
this purpose, or that different kinds of the
goat may unite to bring the manufacture
to perfection l sEa.l describe particu
larly those which have seen upon their
arrival at two of our Mediterranean ports.
"Their usual height is about twenty
five inches from the ground to the top of
the back, and the length from the begin
ming of the tail to the head, three feet
Almost all have horns which are straight,
black, and for the most part round; those
of some males head at the extremity The
fleeces of the males, as we'll as females,
are thick furry, white in the ma ority of in
dividuals, some brown or black, several
spotted They are formed of long hard
hairs which cover the legs in part and
very soft down. The latter Is fine in pro
portion as the hair is long the quality
of one may be known from the other.
This down grows near the skin, from
which it separates and forms tufts, which
can be drawn away by comb or by the
hand Except in the case of an absolute
prohibition, it appears if our manufactu-
rers would have no interest in importing
these downy cashmere goats into France,
for the material may be procured in the
way of Commerce; it would be sufficient
for them to endeavor to initiate the stuff
which bears this name. M. Ternaux, so
well known by his beautiful establish
ments was not of this opinion, He had
received by the way of Russia down
enough to make some shawls; MS success
gave him the idea of procuring the ami
mails on whose body nature had placed
this down. The undertaking was not
an easy one. He found in M. Jaubert,
master of requests, and professor of the
Turkish language, man of zeal and in
telligence, who was not to be repulsed by
obstacles, and who was much attached to
his country. This gentleman had alrea-
dy travelled in the LevaDt and could
make himself understood among the dill
ferent nations. He was willing to under
take the expedition. In order to obtain
the protection of government, Mr. Ter
naux presented him to the Duke of Rich
elieu, then minister of foreign affairs
This minister who acknowledged the util-
ity of the project made a contract with
Ternaux and Jaubert, in the name of the
king by which Ternaux was to receive a
premium of encouragement if the expedi
tion succeeded. The government was to
take hundred goats at high price. In
consequence of this Jaubert left Paris in
the month of April 1918, recommended
by the Duke Richelieu to the notice of
the Emperor Of Russia. This sovereign
gave orders in his dominions, chat the
French traveller should be furnished with
all the facilities which he needed Jau-
bert went first by Odessa, Tangarock and
Astracan to the camp of General Jermo-
loft. under the Caucasus taking every
where information from the Boukars, res
pecting the Kirghiz and the Armenians
who frequent and inhabit the last of these
cities. He was informed that there ex-
listed among the numerous hordes of Kir,
ghiz, wandering people who come into
Boukaria, on the borders of the Oural, a
species of goat which was almost always
Of dazzling whteness, and which bore
every year in the month of June a re.
marSable fleece. The samples which
were shown him convinced him of the
conformity of this down with that which
came into France by the way of Russia.