ABSTRACT
T h e Sheep of Apulia gave the name to Lana ftalica, for excellent wool , and yet was it ( ho r t and courfe, good for no th ing but for clokes t o ride in, and wear in rainy w e a t h e r : un to thefe I may add the Calabrian, Mdefian, and Arent iman Sheep, yet in the dayes of Varro they covered their Sheep with o the r skins t o keep the W o o l both f rom lofle, and o ther in fed ion , fo tha t it might be the be t te r wafhed , dyed, and prepared, for thefe were nourifhed moft of all in houfes.
